Hess Finds Oil At Uaru-2, Offshore Guyana

(Hess, 27.Apr.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru-2 well on the Stabroek Block, which will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Highlights: — Adds to previous […]

Guyana Eyes Moves To Offset Oil Cuts

(Argus, 16.Apr.2021) — Guyana is considering unspecified economic measures to cushion the impact of repeated production cuts from US major ExxonMobil’s deepwater Stabroek block, the natural resources ministry said. Since it started oil production in December 2019 there have been repeated technical issues on the Liza Destiny floating production, storage […]

Exxon Reduces Guyana Crude Production

(Tudor Pickering, 16.Jun.2020) — Reports out last night that XOM was forced to reduce output at its Liza Phase 1 project in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana due to an issue with equipment designed to limit excessive flaring by reinjecting produced gas back into the reservoir. In order to comply […]

New Petro-state Guyana Lifts Second Oil Cargo

(Stabroek News, 23.May.2020) — Guyana has lifted its second one-million barrel cargo of crude oil entitlement from ongoing offshore production and the oil tanker Sonangol Namibe departed these shores yesterday afternoon. The entire transfer process, from entry of the vessel into Guyana’s waters to the completion of the lift, was […]

ExxonMobil Delays Some Guyana Oil Drilling

(Argus, 7.Apr.2020) — ExxonMobil is deferring some longer-term offshore drilling in Guyana as a result of capital spending cuts, “creating a potential delay in production start-up of six to 12 months,” the US major said today. The unspecified delays will not affect current operations at the Liza field on the […]

Production Begins In Guyana

(Exxon, 23.Dec.2019) — Today marks the start of a powerful new chapter in Guyana. On December 20, 2019, the floating production, storage and offloading  (FPSO) vessel Liza Destiny began producing oil from offshore Guyana. This milestone comes less than five years after the initial discovery of the Liza field, and […]

Liza Destiny Arrives In Guyana

(Argus, 2.Sep.2019) — Guyana received its first floating, production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Liza Destiny in anticipation of ExxonMobil’s production launch in March 2020. The vessel is stationed at the deepwater Stabroek block where the US major will start the first phase of development from its Liza field at […]

Liza Destiny FPSO Moves To Offshore Guyana

(Zacks, 30.Aug.2019 ) — Hess Corporation recently announced the arrival of Liza Destiny — an oil production vessel — at the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. Notably, this is Guyana’s first floating, production, storage and offloading vessel. The 1,115-foot vessel arrived at the site after a 42-day journey from Singapore. Starting […]