Recent exploratory success offshore Suriname, where several discoveries have been made in 2020, shows promise to become an oil production hot spot in the near to mid-term, according to GlobalData. The energy data and analytics company noted that block operators TotalEnergies and Apache Corp awarded a contract for preliminary front-end engineering design in June 2021 […]
The Norse Spirit left Whiffen Head near Arnold’s Cove just before noon on July 5, heading to the Hibernia platform 325 kilometres east of Newfoundland. The 279-metre-long crude oil tanker, with a carrying capacity of 960,000 barrels of oil, loaded up with sweet crude pumped from the Hibernia field to transport it back to the […]
Co-Director of Energy Practice at America’s Market Intelligence (AMI), Arthur Deakin believes new oil producer Guyana could pave a low carbon path for its oil and gas sector with the help of ExxonMobil’s carbon-capturing utilizing and storage technology (CCUS), and implementation of a carbon tax. In one of Deakin’s recent commentaries titled, “A two-fold approach […]
CGX Energy Inc. has commenced drilling operations at the Kawa-1 prospect on the Corentyne block located approximately 90 nautical miles (167 kilometers) offshore Guyana. Kawa-1 is expected to be drilled to a depth of around 6,500 metres in water depth of approximately 370m. The exploration campaign is being carried out by the Maersk Discoverer rig […]
Norwegian offshore seismic data firms TGS and PGS have partnered up and started the second phase of a multi-client survey offshore East Canada. The project, called Lewis Hills 3D multi-client phase 2, includes the acquisition of 947 square kilometers of additional 3D data, tying into the existing project’s 2,811 square kilometers to create one contiguous […]
US giant wants to drill Hampden exploration well in prolific Flemish Pass basin next summer ExxonMobil is on the hunt for a semi-submersible to complete the drilling of a deepwater wildcat offshore eastern Canada that was originally spudded last year. The decision by the US supermajor to revive drilling in the prolific Flemish Pass basin […]
Canadian energy company Pieridae Energy Ltd will evaluate options for its proposed Goldboro liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Nova Scotia, as pandemic-led disruptions have made the current version of the project impractical. The company said on Friday it had not been able to meet the key conditions necessary to make a final investment […]
The C-NLOPB is amending its Scheduled Land Tenure System in relation to the timing of the Low Activity Sector NL02-SEN in the South Eastern Newfoundland Region. The Call for Bids in this Region, which earlier this year was rescheduled from 2021 to 2023, will now proceed in 2022 (subject to Board and Ministerial approval) and […]
Equinor’s plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Breidablikk field in the North Sea has been approved by Norwegian authorities. Equinor and its partners Petoro, Vår Energi, and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia submitted the development plans for the area to the authorities in September 2020. The estimated recovery from the field is around 200 million barrels […]
In another sign that that a restart is increasingly likely, the provincial government has confirmed that talks are ongoing to extend a financial lifeline for the idled Come By Chance refinery as negotiations for a possible sale and conversion to a biofuel plant continue. A spokesperson for the Department of Industry, Energy and Technology said […]
