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Interest on Guyana oil fund inching close to GY$4 billion

Guyana has deposited US$1.86 billion in royalties and profit oil payments to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) raking in GY$3.67 billion in interest in the last three years. For 2022, the nation earned a whopping GY$3.65 billion (US$17.51 million) in...

TechnipFMC scores significant subsea contract from Brazil’s Petrobras

Subsea giant, TechnipFMC, announced the receipt of a substantial master services agreement (MSA) from Brazil’s state-owned entity Petrobras. For TechnipFMC, a substantial contract is valued between US$250 million and US$500 million. Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea at TechnipFMC, commented: “This new MSA...

Uaru subsurface installations will be “twice as big as Yellowtail” – Hess

ExxonMobil’s fifth project in Guyana, Uaru, is shaping up to be a giant undertaking both in terms of its field development and total cost.    The estimated cost comes in at a massive US$12.7 billion – reflecting current market conditions with...

Liquidation of CGX subsidiary, ON Energy, to have no impact on Guyana operations

As CGX Energy’s subsidiary, ON Energy, faces liquidation, the process will have no impact on the company’s current operations in Guyana. “Not at all,” Professor Suresh Narine, Executive Co-Chairman of CGX Energy’s Board of Directors, told OilNOW on Wednesday. ON Energy...

Exxon announces public meetings in Guyana to discuss Whiptail impact study

ExxonMobil Guyana has announced 10 meetings it will chair along the Guyana coast to discuss its planned Whiptail Development Project with the public. The meetings, to be held from January 30 to February 7, are meant to solicit inputs...

Halliburton made US$20.3 billion in 2022

Halliburton announced total revenue for the full year of 2022 was US$20.3 billion, an increase of US$5.0 billion, or 33% from 2021. Operating income for 2022 was US$2.7 billion, and adjusted operating income was US$3.1 billion, excluding impairments and...

Rystad Energy says TT conference did not use finalised map

Norway based Rystad Energy said on Wednesday that a map used this week by the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference showing a portion of Guyana’s Stabroek Block in Venezuela’s waters was part of an ‘unfinished draft presentation’, and not...

Noble offers full ride for four Guyanese at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Noble Corporation announced four fully paid scholarships for Guyanese students seeking a bachelor’s degree in Maritime Transportation or Maritime Engineering. Noble said it will cover room and board, books, and round-trip travel to Massachusetts Maritime Academy, a public university in...

Hess Q4 earnings jump to US$624 million, as Guyana projects sales hike

Hess Corporation – a 30% stakeholder in Guyana’s Stabroek Block – reported fourth-quarter earnings of US$624 million or $2.03 per common share compared to net income of US$265 million, or $0.85 per common share, in the same period last...

Trinidad gas industry gets another lifeline with US approval to develop Venezuela field

The United States has granted approval to Trinidad and Tobago to develop the Dragon gas field which lies in Venezuela’s territorial waters, Reuters said, allowing business with Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PDVSA. Trinidad Prime Dr. Keith Rowley reportedly said government...

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Ali to headline Local Content Summit today  

The Local Content Summit kicks off today with Guyana President, Dr. Irfaan Ali set to deliver the feature address...