With more than 35 oil discoveries since 2015 the impoverished South American microstate of Guyana has emerged as the world’s hottest frontier drilling location. Global energy supermajor ExxonMobil is leading the charge by exploiting the prolific offshore Stabroek Block where it has discovered over 11 billion barrels of oil resources. …
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Read More »Exxon and Partners Made $5.8 Billion in Guyana in 2022
Exxon and its partners in the offshore Stabroek Block in Guyana have made almost $6 billion from their operations. Citing official documents, Reuters says audited financial results show that Exxon, Hess Corp., and CNOOC earned a combined 5.8 billion from the Guyana business in 2022. Exxon’s individual share of the …
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Amazon is previewing the sustainable aspects of its soon-to-open “HQ2” complex in Arlington, Va. In a corporate blog post, Amazon highlighted sustainable features of the campus, including low-carbon concrete, mass timber, electrified energy-efficient operations, advanced ways to reuse water, and two acres of landscaped roofs with native plants. In 2018, …
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QatarEnergy awarded a $10 billion contract to France’s Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company, the company said on Tuesday. QatarEnergy said on Tuesday that the $10 billion project, awarded to Technip and Middle-Eastern-based CCC, is for engineering, procurement, and construction of its North Field South (NFS) project—home to the world’s …
Read More »Shell to Use New AI Technology in Deep Sea Oil Exploration
Shell Plc will use AI-based technology from big-data analytics firm SparkCognition in its deep sea exploration and production to boost offshore oil output, the companies said on Wednesday. SparkCognition’s AI algorithms will process and analyze large amounts of seismic data in the hunt for new oil reservoirs by Shell, the …
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