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Suriname lines up new shore base port

(Caribbean Maritime) In 2020, amid the worldwide Covid-19-induced economic downturn, Suriname reached second place, only behind Russia, in terms of discovered oil and gas reserves. And all this from just one offshore find in Block 58, and without counting...

Proposal to have 111 categories of service with high local content targets unrealistic – AMI Co-Director

If Brazil with a population of over 200 million people found it difficult to achieve high or progressive local content targets for 90 categories of service, how does Guyana propose to do a better job with a smaller population...

Coming oil price bounce, supply shortfall opening space for Guyana barrels

More space is being created on the oil market for Guyana’s medium sweet Liza Crude as prices are expected to rise amid a coming shortfall in supply. According to the findings of a Reuters Poll published on Friday, oil prices will stage a...

New York Stock Exchange begins delisting CNOOC

The New York Stock Exchange on Friday decided to begin formal delisting of Chinese state oil giant CNOOC Ltd based on an executive order signed by former U.S. President Donald Trump in November last year, Reuters said in a...

CDC hosts major oil spill response workshop ahead of exercise to test Guyana’s capabilities

Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is partnering with US State agencies, Pacific Disaster Center, ExxonMobil, and the French and Canadian Armed Forces to build the South American country’s National Oil Spill Capabilities. The Commission on Thursday collaborated with regional and international...

In historic move, Exxon takes Canadian oil sands off its books

(Bloomberg) --Exxon Mobil erased almost every drop of oil-sands crude from its books in a sweeping revision of worldwide reserves to depths never before seen in the company’s modern history. Exxon counted the equivalent of 15.2 billion barrels of reserves...

Reassembly of gas compressor completed, testing to begin – ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil Guyana said this week that all rework and reassembly of the flash gas compressor that encountered challenges in January have been completed and the machine is now being prepared for testing at the MAN Energy Solutions workshop in...

Exxon sees unprecedented progress in local content development in Guyana – Routledge

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge said this week he has seen unprecedented levels of progress in local content development and stressed the importance of education and training for Guyanese, in order for them to benefit from the opportunities...

Foreign investors crucial to Guyana’s development, says government officials

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, days ago reiterated the importance of foreign direct investment to Guyana’s development and shared how government is working to connect foreign companies with local businesses, in...

Tullow Oil reaches over US$1 billion reserve-based loan agreement with banks

U.K. based multinational oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil said on Friday it has been able to finalise a more than US$1 billion reserve-based loan agreement with banks. The company has been reviewing its business plan and operating...

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Guyana charters 36 MW powership to meet increased power demand for next two years – GPL

State electricity company, Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has entered into a two-year contract with Urbacon Concessions Investments, W.L.L...