Guyana

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February 21, 2025
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced plans to establish a $1 billion oil service financing facility in Guyana. This initiative aims to enhance local participation in the country’s fast growing oil industry, in alignment with the government's local content policies.

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February 20, 2025
Exxon Mobil Corp. outlined plans to increase natural gas production from Guyana and is considering export options, country manager Alistair Routledge said, citing pressure from the government to do more with the natural gas that’s found alongside its crude.

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February 03, 2025
Baker Hughes has won a multi-year contract with ExxonMobil Guyana to provide all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu and Jaguar FPSO vessels. The offshore developments feature combined 500,000 bpd capacity.

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January 23, 2025
Salunda has integrated its Red Zone monitoring solutions on four drilling rigs in Guyana with Intellilift’s proven digital technologies to deliver automated location and control of critical equipment and personnel.

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January 07, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Hess Corp. expressed confidence in prevailing in arbitration brought by Exxon Mobil Corp. over a massive oil project in Guyana's Stabroek block. The legal outcome will prove key to advancing the stalled $53 billion Hess-Chevron merger.

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December 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday firmly ruled out formally asking Exxon Mobil Corp. to renegotiate its production contract, resisting calls from his political opposition and activists in the country.

Article
December 2024
Traditional producing countries in Latin America continue to stagnate, despite their great potential. However, to balance this scenario, non-traditional countries, such as Argentina, Guyana and Suriname, will attract new and important investments in the short and medium term to increase oil and gas production.

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December 16, 2024
ExxonMobil has named Tenaris its 2024 Supplier of the Year, recognizing the company’s performance, competitiveness and high standards as consistent with ExxonMobil’s values and expectations.

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December 02, 2024
African Export-Import Bank has signed an agreement for a US$ 100-million Revolving Trade Finance Facility in favor of oil trader JE Energy Limited to support its contract implementation in the Republic of Guyana.

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November 22, 2024
SBM Offshore has completed the project financing of FPSO Jaguar for a total of US$1.5 billion. The project financing was fully secured by a consortium of 16 international financial institutions, and SBM expects to draw the loan phased over the construction period of the FPSO.

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November 20, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. has withdrawn from an oil-exploration block off the coast of Suriname, not far from where it discovered more than 11 billion bbls in Guyanese waters. Exxon will transfer its 50% stake in the block to Malaysia’s Petronas, the project operator.

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November 07, 2024
SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, have completed a purchase transaction for the FPSO Prosperity. The purchase allows ExxonMobil Guyana to assume ownership of the unit while SBM Offshore will continue to operate and maintain the FPSO up to 2033.

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October 11, 2024
ExxonMobil Guyana plans to increase output from its Stabroek block offshore Guyana by 18,000 bpd once it has completed risk assessments and received approval from local authorities.

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September 16, 2024
Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie, has announced plans to issue bonds in 2025 as part of a strategy to finance its participation in the development of offshore Block 58.

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September 15, 2024
Block 14 and Block 15 were part of the Suriname Shallow Offshore 2 Bid Round 2023-2024. The blocks are in the eastern part of the Suriname-Guyana basin and border Block 52, where oil and gas discoveries have previously been made. Block 14 has water depths of 50 to 75 m, and Block 15 from 75 to 150 m.

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September 02, 2024
The nation’s economy grew by 49.7% in the first half of 2024, with the oil sector accounting for 67% of that growth, Ali said Saturday on a live webcast. Guyana produced an estimated 113.5 MMbbl of oil from January to June, and the oil sector is projected to grow by 56.4% this year, he added.

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August 11, 2024
Equinor's exit from Suriname is part of a broader strategy, having exited about 20 countries in recent years, including South Africa, Mexico, and Russia, the latter due to the invasion of Ukraine.

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August 08, 2024
PETRONAS has achieved success offshore Suriname with the Sloanea-2 appraisal well in Block 52, which was drilled in June. This accomplishment has bolstered PETRONAS’ prospects in the basin and opens the possibility of developing a standalone Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) project at the field in the future.

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August 01, 2024
The tale of the Guyana discovery isn’t about taking swashbuckling risks for a huge payoff. Exxon, it turns out, is as much a financial engineering company as an oil explorer. It hedged its bets, reduced its exposure and bought itself an option to make a fortune on an unlikely outcome.

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Hess increases oil and gas production on Guyana, Bakken success amid Chevron, ExxonMobil arbitration
July 31, 2024
Net production was 494,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 387,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023, primarily due to higher production in Guyana and the Bakken. In the third quarter of 2024, E&P net production is expected to be in the range of 460,000 boepd to 470,000 boepd, primarily reflecting planned downtime in Guyana and Southeast Asia.

Article
July 2024
During the past 12 months, Guyana and Suriname have started to become a fulcrum of energy development in the Americas. While they are both found in the same region, these two countries still have different oil and gas stories to tell. Major production growth is imminent in Guyana, while Suriname is still a few years away from first oil but with significant future potential from recent discoveries.