Guyana
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April 18, 2024
The FPSO Jaguar’s design is based on SBM Offshore’s Fast4Ward program that incorporates the company’s 7th new build, multi-purpose floater hull combined with several standardized topsides modules.
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April 17, 2024
This concept and delivery method allows the individual 24 jumpers to be cut to the desired length, terminated, and tested onsite in Guyana, providing flexibility to the end-user. The jumpers, made of carbon fibre and PA12 polymer, will be installed at water depths over 1,600m and will operate in the region of 10,000psi.
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April 16, 2024
TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver 48 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment.
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April 15, 2024
Saipem’s scope of work entails the detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (EPCI) of a subsea production facility. The contract value is between $750 million and $1.5 billion.
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April 14, 2024
The Whiptail project will cost $12.7 billion and produce about 250,000 bpd as soon as the end of 2027, Exxon said in a statement Friday. Guyana’s overall daily crude capacity will climb to 1.3 MMbbl just eight years after the advent of the country’s oil production.
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April 03, 2024
The FPSO will have a topside designed to produce approximately 250,000 bpd and will have associated gas treatment capacity of 540 MMcfd, water injection capacity of 350,000 bpd and produced water capacity of 300,000 bpd.
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March 29, 2024
The unified arbitration was approved after a March 26 application, according to a Hess letter to stockholders included in a Chevron regulatory filing on Thursday. Exxon and Beijing-based Cnooc, which own 45% and 25% of Stabroek, respectively, argue they have a right of first refusal over Hess’s stake in the block.
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March 22, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp. is convinced its interpretation of intent in a Guyanese oil contract signed a decade ago will prevail in a landmark arbitration case against Chevron Corp.
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March 21, 2024
CNOOC will do whatever it takes to protect the interests of the firm and its shareholders by legal means, he said at a briefing in Hong Kong. Guyana’s Stabroek block is expected to yield as much as 1.2 MMbpd by 2027, Chief Financial Officer Wang Xin told the event.
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March 19, 2024
Chevron held constructive talks with Exxon and Cnooc over the Stabroek block off Guyana several months ago as part its proposed $53 billion takeover of Hess, which owns 30% of the development, Wirth said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston Tuesday.
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March 19, 2024
Exxon has accused Chevron of attempting to “circumvent” a contract that gives Woods’ company a right of first refusal over Hess’s 30% stake in Guyana’s Stabroek block. Chevron agreed to buy Hess for $53 billion last year, in large part to gain access to the Guyana project, operated and 45% owned by Exxon.
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March 18, 2024
The Bluefin well encountered approximately 197 ft (60 m) of hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone and was drilled in 4,244 ft (1,294 m) of water, Exxon said in a statement. Bluefin joins the more than 30 oil discoveries in the Stabroek block since 2015, Exxon added.
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March 07, 2024
The disclosure marks the first time either Hess or Chevron have said Exxon’s push to safeguard its preemption rights in Guyana could delay their merger, initially expected to close by the second half of this year.
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March 06, 2024
Exxon filed for arbitration in the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris on Wednesday. Exxon, as 45% owner and operator of the Guyana project, believes it has a right of first refusal over any change of hands in Hess’ 30% stake and would consider matching Chevron’s valuation.
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March 06, 2024
Hedge fund managers that wagered billions on Chevron Corp.’s October deal to buy Hess Corp. are sticking to their bets despite another roadblock that could potentially torpedo the acquisition.
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March 05, 2024
PETRONAS will drill the Sloanea-2 appraisal well starting in April 2024. A production test will also be carried out. The drilling platform is now drilling the Fusaea-1 exploration well in Block 52 and already drilled the first part of the Sloanea-2 well in February.
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March 04, 2024
Venezuela and Guyana have disputed the Essequibo region for nearly a century, but tensions escalated after the discovery of massive oil basins in recent years off Guyana’s coast. The country has seen an influx of investments by companies including Exxon Mobil Corp.
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February 27, 2024
Chevron is adamant there’s “no possible scenario” in which Exxon or Cnooc could buy the stake and said in a statement that it remains fully committed to the Hess deal. But Exxon said it has a duty to its shareholders to explore the right of first refusal over the change of ownership of the Hess stake.
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February 21, 2024
A gas-focused development is one of three options being weighed by Exxon for its seventh Guyana project, country manager Alistair Routledge said in an interview in Georgetown Wednesday. The other two are additional oil developments from existing and new discoveries, he said.
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February 21, 2024
Guyana will restrict oil-related activities to south of that unverified border to avoid inflaming the situation, the official, Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat, said in an interview.
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February 20, 2024
Exxon is “very focused on executing our operations within our defined contract area,” upstream president Liam Mallon said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. The Texas oil giant now produces about 645,000 bpd from Guyanese waters, up from nothing five years ago.
