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Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a vital pillar in the country’s balancing act of being an oil producer, while also adhering to strict global climate goals.  And because of this, its institutional capacity must be strengthened to monitor and...

Development drilling is progressing at the Yellowtail well site in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, according to a notice from the country’s Maritime Administration (MARAD).  A March 28 notice said that “Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) will continue...

No more trading in Benjamins.  Brazil and China sparked a global conversation with its move to ditch trade in US currency.  The deal, announced on March 29, will see China considered the top rival to US economic hegemony and South America’s...

Gloabl flaring has shrunk by three percent to 139 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2022, according to recent data from the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report.  In 2021, the number stood at 144 bcm.  Gas flaring, the burning of...

More locals than ever before have been engaged to build fixtures for Guyana’s newest floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, ONE GUYANA. A steel strike ceremony was held at Industrial Steel Fabricators (InFab) Good Hope facility, on the...

Norway’s state energy company, Equinor, said it has awarded contracts for the use of the Transocean Encourage to be used mainly in the Norwegian Sea, and the Transocean Enabler for the Johan Castberg field. The planned drilling spans multiple...

Builder of Guyana’s fifth production vessel - Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company Inc. (MODEC) - is seeking Guyanese firms that can provide steel and steel fabrication services.  MODEC in a public Expression of Interest (EOI) said it is looking...

A key Guyana business group, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), has elected businessman Kester Hutson as its new President, ending the two-term presidency of Timothy Tucker.  Fresh off his election, Hutson in a comment to...

Guyana, like many countries around the world, is facing a transition towards cleaner forms of energy, including in the transportation sector. The recent increase in electric bikes in the country offer an alternative to gas-powered motorcycles. However, concerns have...

Director of Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat, Dr. Martin Pertab, said that a new update to the Local Content Act’s first schedule could bring in US$300-350 million annually. Presently, 40 categories are subject to a legal mandate for contractors to utilise...