Operations had returned to normal in the third quarter in Gabon, Maurel said. The company began a well stimulation campaign in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the field now capable of producing more than 21,000 bpd.
Explorers are “taking a measured view and holding budgets and activity steady whilst trying to improve overall exploration efficiency”, Westwood said.
Transocean ordered the two drillships in February 2014, agreeing to pay $540 million for each of the vessels. Sembcorp said it would deliver the rigs in 2017 and 2018.
ExxonMobil has scored another two finds offshore Guyana its incredibly prolific Stabroek block.
APA Corp has discovered oil offshore Suriname on Block 53, while abandoning another well on Block 58.
ExxonMobil has made another two discoveries in the Stabroek block, bringing the total number of its finds offshore Guyana to more than 25.
Shell is buying a 51% stake in the North Platte development, in the US Gulf of Mexico, from Equinor, the Norwegian company has revealed.
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas has dropped its plans to acquire JHI Associates, which has a 17.5% stake in a Guyana block.
BP is selling off its oilsands project in Canada under a deal with Cenovus Energy, which will see it paid in cash and a stake in the offshore Bay du Nord project.
Expensive offshore exploration setbacks for international oil majors including Shell and Exxon Mobil are throwing cold water on their plans to turn Brazil into a profit center.
Pantheon Resources has a multi-billion barrel resource in the occasionally iced over state of Alaska, the company reckons. It will put the theory to the test this summer.
ExxonMobil has made a trio of new discoveries offshore Guyana, boosting recoverable resources from the prolific Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
The Canadian government has approved Equinor’s Bay du Nord project, albeit with the strongest ever greenhouse gas conditions.
ExxonMobil has taken its fourth final investment decision (FID) in Guyana on the Yellowtail project.
Shell (LON: SHEL) has started up gas production from the Colibri tie back project in the Caribbean.
ExxonMobil drilled a so-called dry hole off the coast of Brazil, a rare setback in the oil titan’s effort to expand its South American crude reserves.
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas has struck another deal, agreeing to issue shares to buy its partner in Guyana, JHI Associates.
Amid higher oil prices, Tullow Oil is beginning to scale up its growth plans once more, raising near term possibilities for drilling around TEN and further out plans for gas and Kenya.
Brent oil prices average $60-80 per barrel until 2027, BofA Global Research has said in a new report, suggesting high prices are here to stay – at least in the medium term.
TotalEnergies and APA Corp. have made a “significant” oil and associated gas discovery offshore Suriname, on Block 58.
The Suriname-Guyana basin continues to be a focal point for hydrocarbon exploration and development, as evidenced by CGX Energy’s recent discovery at the Corentyne block, in line with Suriname’s Block 58. Indeed as frontier E&P remains at a comparatively low ebb, this represents one of few global hotspots, with an estimated 16bn barrels of recoverable resources discovered to date.
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) has started up production at Guyana’s second offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block.
Oil and gas giant BP (LON: BP) has struck a deal with Oslo-listed Prosafe (OSLO: PRS) to charter one of its vessels for use in the Caribbean.
TotalEnergies is dropping out of the North Platte development, in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The Kawa-1 well has found 54 metres of hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs offshore Guyana, on the Corentyne block.