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(Hess, 31.Jan.2024) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) reported net income of $413mn, or $1.34 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with net income of $497mn, or $1.61 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2022. On an adjusted basis, the corporation reported net income of $501mn, or […]
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LatAm Briefs: Payara Progressing, Inpex Divestment In Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: ExxonMobil progressing its Payara project in Guyana for start-up in 2024 and Japan’s Inpex divesting assets in Venezuela, and much more. Argentina — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) named […]
Guyana-Suriname Basin OTC2021 Technical Panel Summary
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Aug.2021) — Executives with ExxonMobil provided technical details of the company’s initial, current and planned activities in Guyana. What follows are excerpts from their presentations during the Offshore Technology Conference 2021 (16-19 August) in Houston, Texas. ExxonMobil, Audrey Varga — Outline of Guyana-Suriname exploration history: Standard Oil, […]
Guyana Says Getting Better Oil Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — The government of Guyana, the newest petro-state in the Latin America and Caribbean region, announced it has made strides in extracting better benefits from oil contracts signed with oil and gas companies exploring offshore including Exxon, Hess and CNOOC, and in particular starting with the […]
ExxonMobil To Proceed With Payara Development
(Exxon, 30.Sep.2020) — ExxonMobil made its final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field offshore development in Guyana after receiving government approvals. Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024, using […]
Hess Sanctions Payara Development
(Hess, 30.Sep.2020) — Hess made a final investment decision to proceed with development of the Payara Field offshore Guyana after the development plan received approval from the government of Guyana. Payara is the third oil development on the Stabroek Block; gross production capacity from the three developments is expected to […]
Exxon Eyes 10 Drill Centers For The Payara Development
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2020) — Exxon announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) was made to proceed with development offshore Guyana of the Payara field. The decision was taking by the US-based operator after receiving necessary government approvals. The Payara development is the third for the company and its partners Hess […]
Former Alberta Premier To Head Payara Review
(CBC News, 16.Aug.2020) — Former Alberta Premier Alison Redford will head a team of consultants in a review of oil giant Exxon Mobil’s proposed Payara oil well in the South American country of Guyana, the country’s natural resources ministry announced in a statement on Saturday. “It will be important to […]
Payara, Payara, Payara!
(Kaieteur News, 13.Aug.2020) — Payara will be proof and pave the way. Payara could be the first plank toward petroleum prosperity. That delay pending review is a constructive move. For its part, ExxonMobil is not wasting any time. It has gone on the offensive by delivering the first sorties from […]
ExxonMobil Holding Out For Approval Of Payara Project
(Stabroek News, 13.Aug.2020) — On the heels of President Irfaan Ali’s announcement on Tuesday that the Payara project approval will have to wait on an international oil expert’s assessment and advice, ExxonMobil last night said that delays will reduce the value of the project and that more than a year […]
Payara Permit Approval On Hold Until Expert Found
(Stabroek News, 12.Aug.2020) — In a key oil sector decision, President Irfaan Ali last evening said that his government is lobbying for technical and financial support to have an international expert review Exxon’s Payara project and advise on the way forward. Government, Ali disclosed, has approached Canada for assistance in […]
Guyana Poised To Clear Exxon’s Payara Oil Deal
(Seeking Alpha, 11.Aug.2020) — Guyana’s new government will decide by the end of August whether to approve Exxon Mobil’s 220K bbl/day Payara project, the country’s natural resources minister says. Payara is Exxon’s third development project on the deepwater Stabroek block, but approval has been delayed by a five-month impasse that […]
Delays Impact Guyana’s Payara-Pacora Project
(Rystad Energy, 15.Jul.2020) — The development of Guyana’s world-class deepwater oil resources in the Payara-Pacora project of its prolific Stabroek block, whose addition is set to add billions of dollars to the country’s GDP, is already plagued by delays. If prolonged, the delays will decrease the nation’s planned oil revenues, […]
Statement From Guyana’s DOE Director Mark Bynoe
(DOE, 4.May.2020) — Good morning ladies and gentlemen I am coming to you at a very interesting time in our country’s history given the furore over our national and regional elections, and the instability created in world market due largely to over-supply of crude and us being in the throes […]
Guyana Needs Protection From Selling Oil At A Loss
(Stabroek News, 14.Apr.2020) — Before we approve Payara and Hammer-head, let’s renegotiate the contract to include control of how much oil is being pumped given market conditions. Dear Editor, Many of the world’s oil producers have recently agreed to cut back oil production by 10 million barrels a day. The […]
Exxon Could Delay Third Guyana Project
(Reuters, 7.Apr.2020) — Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday the start of production at its Payara project in Guyana, its third major development in the world’s newest offshore oil hotspot, could be delayed as the company scales back spending due to the crude price crash. Payara’s startup had been slated […]
Bayphase Ltd. To Evaluate Payara Oil Field Plans
(Stabroek News, 1.Jan.2020 — The Department of Energy (DE) has awarded a consultancy to Bayphase Ltd for the evaluation of plans for the development of ExxonMobil’s Payara oil field. Payara would be the third of ExxonMobil’s developments in the Stabroek Block. The Liza-1 and Liza-2 have already been approved. In […]
ExxonMobil Adds Ninth Discovery Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 30.Aug.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block in the past year and proving a new play concept for potential development. Hammerhead-1 encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. […]
The Caribbean Poised To Become Major Oil Region
(OilPrice.com, Haley Zaremba, 22.Aug.2017) – In the future, we may be hearing about the Caribbean a whole lot more when talking about oil and gas. Previously, the area was virtually off the map for the fossil fuels industry, despite its proximity to the vast oil reserves of Venezuela. Now, the […]