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U.S. Oil Giants Fight Over Guyana’s 11-Billion Barrel Treasure Trove

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Guyanas Stabroek block has an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil in place discovered so far by the consortium of ExxonMobil, U.S. The high-volume, low-cost development offshore the South American country, which started production just five years ago, is already pumping more than 660,000 barrels per day (bpd) of

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Guyana’s Oil Exports Skyrocket—And Europe’s Refiners Love It

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Five years after an Exxon-led consortium produced the first oil offshore Guyana, the country is pumping more than 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude and has become South Americas fifth-largest oil exporter. Guyana and ExxonMobil expect oil production to jump to 1.3 million bpd by 2030, which would double the current output volumes.

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Perenco Invests in New Offshore Infrastructure in Congo

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Natural Gas $3.98 +3.25% Latest Oil Prices SUBSCRIBE SEARCH ARTICLES NEWS Perenco Invests in New Offshore Infrastructure in Congo by Paul Anderson | Rigzone Staff | Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | 10:05 AM EST Perenco is building a new platform to recover approximately 7 million cubic feet of gas per day in the Kombi-Likalala-Libondo II permit area.

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UK Could Cover Half of Its Energy Needs With Local Oil and Gas

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The UK could produce about half of the energy it consumes locally, in the North Sea, the energy industry association, Offshore Energies, said this week, as quoted by the Financial Times. For that, however, the industry needs the right business conditions.

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U.S. oil giants fight over Guyana’s 11-billion barrel treasure trove

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Guyanas Stabroek block has an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil in place discovered so far by the consortium of ExxonMobil, U.S. The high-volume, low-cost development offshore the South American country, which started production just five years ago, is already pumping more than 660,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude.

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TotalEnergies Farms Into 40 Chevron Exploration Leases offshore US

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offshore collaboration with Chevron beyond the existing partnerships in Ballymore (40 percent TotalEnergies) which achieved first production this year, Anchor (37.14 Offshore production potential” Ballymore is in the Mississippi Canyon in the Gulf’s deep waters. The leases sit 175-330 kilometers (108.74-205.05

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Chinese Oil Major Discovers New Field

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Chinas state energy company CNOOC said today it had discovered a new oil field in the South China Sea that could contain over 100 million tons of crude oil, equal to around 733 million barrels. Dubbed Huizhou 19-6, the field is located some 100 miles offshore the province of Shenzhen.

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