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Suriname businesses urged to adopt international standards ahead of oil boom

Suraya Jiawan-Nanan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Haukes Construction Company in Suriname, is urging local businesses to elevate their standards to meet international requirements as the country prepares for a surge in its oil industry.  Jiawan-Nanan, at the recent Suriname...

Guyana implements new policy, boosting advantage for locals in oil sector

Guyanese companies in the oil sector just got a major boost. A new policy now requires that companies evaluating bids give more weight to local content, increasing it from 5% to 10%. Companies with a Local Content Certificate will...

ExxonMobil Guyana buys vessel monitoring and alert system from Parisian group

Viridien, formerly CGG, said its Sensing & Monitoring business line, marketed under the Sercel brand, has made a sale of its Marlin™ vessel monitoring and alert system to ExxonMobil Guyana to support its offshore operations in Guyana. The sophisticated system...

Guyana sets new global standard with rapid oil and gas legislation – Nandlall

In just a few years, Guyana has achieved what many other nations have taken decades to accomplish in the oil and gas sector, said Attorney General Anil Nandlall.  “I don't want to be accused of blowing our own trumpet, but...

Petrobras, Shearwater sign MOU for seismic innovation

Petrobras has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Norwegian company Shearwater to advance scientific research and technological innovation in seismic processing and acquisition.  The agreement aims to enhance data quality and acquisition efficiency, essential for mapping oil fields. The...

Exxon and CO-Vs can never profit more than Guyana – Jagdeo

Guyana Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said ExxonMobil and its Stabroek Block partners can never profit more than Guyana from their petroleum operations. “They can never earn more profit than we would earn,” he said during a June 14 press conference. Jagdeo...

Guyana’s oil boom creates new opportunities for culinary professionals

Traditionally dominated by engineers and technical specialists, the oil and gas sector is now tapping into the talents of culinary professionals trained at the Carnegie School of Home Economics.  Since Guyana's first oil discovery in 2015, the industry's growth has...

Eni sells 10% stake in Saipem for €393 Million

Italian oil and gas company Eni has divested a 10% stake in oilfield services provider Saipem for €393 million (US$422.48 million). The sale was conducted via an accelerated bookbuilding process on June 11, 2024, with the transaction set to...

Stronger penalties for ‘fronting’, Jagdeo warns 

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that the Guyanese government will be implementing stronger penalties for companies engaging in ‘fronting’ to circumvent the Local Content Act (LCA), which will be amended soon. ‘Fronting’ or ‘rent-a-citizen’ is a phenomenon that has...

TGS and PGS receive final approval for merger

Norwegian seismic firms TGS and PGS have secured final regulatory approval for their merger, forming a premier energy data company.  The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) granted the last needed approval, following the Norwegian authority's clearance in April 2024. "TGS...

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SBM Offshore gets front-end engineering contract for ExxonMobil’s Longtail FPSO

ExxonMobil Guyana awarded contracts to SBM Offshore to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies for the Longtail...