Guyana

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May 23, 2019
Guyana’s anti-corruption agency is investigating how leases were awarded in its deepwater oil region, including those controlled by Exxon and Tullow.
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May 10, 2019
SBM Offshore has announced that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation, has confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the Liza project in Guyana.
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May 2019
Talos Energy—alongside consortium partners Sierra Oil & Gas and Premier Oil—has provided an update on the Zama appraisal program in Mexico’s Block 7, in the prolific Sureste basin.
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May 05, 2019
ExxonMobil has said it has funded the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana after it received government and regulatory approvals.
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May 05, 2019
Hess Corporation has announced it has received regulatory approval from the government of Guyana and has made a final investment decision to proceed with the second phase of development of the Liza Field on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.
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April 23, 2019
ExxonMobil said today it made a new oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well, marking the 13th discovery on the Stabroek Block.
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February 2019
U.S. inches closer to energy independence
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February 06, 2019
Hess Corporation has announced positive results from the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells offshore Guyana, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12.
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February 04, 2019
Guyana, a country that currently produces no crude, could pump more than OPEC member Venezuela in five years.
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January 16, 2019
Tullow Oil plc issues this statement to summarize recent operational activities and to provide trading guidance in respect of the financial year to Dec. 31, 2018.
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January 2019
Total—alongside partners CNOOC Limited (45%), Petrobras (16%) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (15%)—has begun producing from Egina field, about 93 mi off the coast of Nigeria.
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January 09, 2019
Venezuela will remap its Caribbean oil and gas prospects in a move that could further stoke a century-long border dispute with Guyana and collide with Exxon Mobil Corp.’s venture in the region, people with knowledge of the plan said.
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January 07, 2019
ExxonMobil said today that it has begun drilling the Haimara-1 exploration well offshore Guyana, the first of two planned wells in January.
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December 25, 2018
Hess Corp. tumbled the most in almost three years, wiping out $1.5 billion in market valuation, after work at the oil explorer’s most promising international investment was halted by a Venezuelan blockade.
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December 11, 2018
Total is ready to start its exploration campaign on the Guyane Maritime license, located 93.2 mi (150 km) off the French Guiana coast, in the days following the arrival of the drilling ship on site, as authorized by the prefectoral decree dated October 22, 2018.
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December 10, 2018
Hess Corporation has announced a 2019 E&P capital and exploratory budget of $2.9 billion. Of this, approximately 75% will be allocated to high return growth assets in the Bakken and Guyana.
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December 06, 2018
The Partners on the Orinduik Block, being Eco Atlantic, Total and Tullow (Operator), approved the initial 2019 work plan and budget for the first exploration well on the Orinduik Block on Nov. 30, 2018.
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December 04, 2018
HOUSTON, LONDON and SINGAPORE -- ExxonMobil's run of success continued with its 10th Guyana discovery on in early December 2018.
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December 03, 2018
ExxonMobil has made its 10th discovery offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to more than 5 Bboe.
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December 03, 2018
Hess Corporation has made its tenth discovery offshore Guyana at the Pluma-1 well on the Stabroek Block.
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