Geosciences company Benthic completed field work for Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. for an offshore geotechnical investigation and environmental baseline survey in the Stabroeck and Canje blocks offshore Guyana.Benthic said it executed…
The subsea and offshore service provider TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation for the engineering of the subsea system for the proposed Liza Phase 2 project.Following engineering and subject to requisite government approvals…
The tanker destined for ExxonMobil's Liza Phase 1 project, offshore Guyana, has arrived at Keppel's shipyard in Singapore, SBM Offshore announced today (14 November). SBM has said that the tanker's arrival marks the start of the FPSO conversion phase…
ExxonMobil has further confirmed the potential of the Stabroek block offshore Guyana with a fifth oil discovery in the Turbot-1 well. Stena Carron drillship. Image from Stena Drilling. ExxonMobil…
ExxonMobil has discovered additional oil at a Payara appraisal well offshore Guyana, upping the ultra deepwater discovery's resources to about 500 MMboe. Map of Stabroek, from Exxon. The…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the Sigyn subsea facilities. Image from Statoil. The Sigyn field is in production license 072. The field contains gas…
Zennor Petroleum has completed the acquisition of interests in Petroleum Production License P359, in the UK North Sea, from Esso Exploration and Production UK. These interests comprise a 40.0002% working interest in Block 23/16b Area A (Arran North) and a 66…
ExxonMobil has awarded SBM Offshore a contract to construct, install, lease and operate a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for its giant Liza project offshore Guyana. The FPSO is designed to produce up to 120…
The Guyanese government is expected to grant ExxonMobil and its partners a production license for the giant Liza project ahead of the partnership’s final investment decision (FID), which is set for this month. Map of Stabroek…
ExxonMobil has awarded TechnipFMC a contract for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of the subsea equipment for the Liza deepwater project. The award scope includes 17 total enhanced vertical deepwater trees and associated tooling…
ExxonMobil has hit gold offshore Guyana with its new ultra deepwater Payara discovery, in addition to upping its ante at the giant Liza field. The Stena Carron, from Stena Drilling. The…
ExxonMobil has picked SBM Offshore to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the floating production and storage offload unit (FPSO) for the supermajor’s Liza development offshore Guyana. In addition, subject to a final investment decision (FID)…
Hess Corp. recorded a US$509 million loss in Q1, in addition to a 34% drop in its revenue. Image from Hess. The loss is much wider than the Q1 2015 loss of $389 million. The decrease…
Petrofac has been appointed as duty holder to support UK joint venture Anasuria Operating Co. (AOC) to take over operatorship of Anasuria cluster in the North Sea. Anasuria Operating Co. is a joint venture company formed between Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and Ping Petroleum…
Transocean has received a notice of early termination from Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited for the ultra-deepwater semisubmersible GSF Development Driller I. The rig's drilling contract is expected to end in May 2016 with the demobilization completed in June 2016…