Tuesday, May 13, 2025
One of the world’s hottest oil plays prepares for new auction- oil and gas 360

One of the world’s hottest oil plays prepares for new auction

Oil Price Guyana, one of the world’s hottest frontier oil plays, is expected to have its new oil production sharing agreement (PSA) model ready in time for its auction that runs through mid-April, according to Guyana’s VP. The oil and gas industry has been eagerly waiting for Guyana to draft new contract terms that have been a long time in

INTERVIEW-Exxon set to order 5th Guyana oil vessel, sizing up more blocks- oil and gas 360

INTERVIEW-Exxon set to order 5th Guyana oil vessel, sizing up more blocks

Nasdaq HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N is preparing to approve its fifth oil production project in Guyana and is considering taking additional exploration acreage, the head of its Guyanese operations, Alistair Routledge, told Reuters in an interview.   The efforts would add significantly to the $30 billion committed thus far by Exxon and Guyana partners Hess Corp HES.N and CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK. The latest

Guyana to launch first oil tender under new rules- oil and gas 360

Guyana to launch first oil tender under new rules

Oil Price Guyana’s next oil tender will be conducted under new rules that significantly increase the country’s share of the oil revenue.   This is according to Guyana’s vice president, who said this week that the government will offer 14 offshore blocks in its next auction, of them three deepwater and 11 shallow ones. “We decided that to get the

Exxon may emerge as the biggest winner in Guyana’s oil boom- oil and gas 360

Exxon may emerge as the biggest winner in Guyana’s oil boom

Oil Price The impoverished tiny South American country of Guyana has emerged as one of the continent’s top oil producers and is poised to become a leading global energy exporter. Since 2015 an Exxon Mobil-led consortium has made a swathe of high-quality oil discoveries in offshore Guyana in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block, with the latest announced in July 2022.     It

ExxonMobil moves forward with $10 billion Guyana offshore oil project- oil and gas 360

ExxonMobil moves forward with $10 billion Guyana offshore oil project

World Oil ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. The company’s fourth, and largest, project in the Stabroek Block is expected to produce approximately 250,000 bpd starting in 2025. “Yellowtail’s development further demonstrates the successful partnership between ExxonMobil and Guyana, and helps provide the world with another reliable

Hess unveils US$2.6B budget for 2022; majority to be invested in Guyana, Bakken- oil and gas 360

Hess unveils US$2.6B budget for 2022; majority to be invested in Guyana, Bakken

Oil Now U.S. energy company Hess Corporation revealed on Monday that it has allocated a whopping US$2.6B towards its 2022 Exploration and Production budget.  Interestingly, the American explorer said the majority of this expenditure will go towards projects in Guyana and the Bakken. Hess said the $2.6 billion budget is allocated as follows: US$1,150 million (44%) for production, US$1,000 million (39%) for offshore Guyana developments and US$450 million (17%) for exploration and

South America’s oil giant and upcoming star looking to forge strategic partnership- oil and gas 360

South America’s oil giant and upcoming star looking to forge strategic partnership

Oil Now South American oil giant, Brazil, and Guyana, the world’s hottest exploration hotspot with an incredible string of discoveries in the Stabroek Block, are poised to deepen their bilateral relations.   Towards this end, Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali held a teleconference on Monday with his counterpart President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, to discuss his

BREAKING: Guyana scores big again as Exxon hits two more discoveries- oil and gas 360

BREAKING: Guyana scores big again as Exxon hits two more discoveries

Oil Now ExxonMobil and the Government of Guyana today announced two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.   The Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838 meters) of water and is located approximately 11 miles (18 kilometers) northwest of

Guyana relaxes proposed local content terms in oil bill draft- oil and gas 360

Guyana relaxes proposed local content terms in oil bill draft

Reuters Guyana’s government on Thursday delivered to the National Assembly the draft of a local content bill that will regulate its nascent oil industry, proposing requirements beginning at 5% by the end of 2022 for activities to be carried out by contractors and licensees. The proposed policy, seen by Reuters, relaxed some of the minimum requirements that a previous bill

Guyana seeks a 135-mile subsea gas pipeline to extend its energy win streak-oil and gas 360

Guyana seeks a 135-mile subsea gas pipeline to extend its energy win streak

World Oil HOUSTON (Bloomberg) –Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be built, according

Guyana grants Saudi Aramco unit one-year contract to market crude- oil and gas 360

Guyana grants Saudi Aramco unit one-year contract to market crude

Reuters GEORGETOWN – Guyana has granted a unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co, known as Aramco, a one-year contract to market the government’s share of the crude produced in the South American country, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters. The country in early September had awarded Aramco a contract to market a cargo scheduled for Sept. 21-22. Natural Resources Minister

ExxonMobil makes new discovery off Guyana's coast- oil and gas 360

ExxonMobil makes new discovery off Guyana’s coast

Nasdaq Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N said on Wednesday it has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, as the U.S. oil major develops one of the world’s most important new oil and gas blocks in the last decade. Exxon operates the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block as part of a consortium that includes Hess Corp HES.N and China’s CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK.