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Plagued with years of declining economic growth, Trinidad and Tobago is facing challenging times. For failing to sufficiently diversify its economy in the hundred plus years since it started producing oil, Trinidad is dependent on gas production to keep...

Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall said that oral arguments on the challenge to Guyana’s oil fund law which was passed in December are set for September 12. He approached the nation’s Supreme Court last week with...

With the rapid pace of Guyana’s development, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said the country would eventually need to import labour to support the increasing demand sometime in the near future. He made the comments during an online discussion on...

Non-OPEC countries are expected to produce 65.97 million barrels of oil per day (b/d) in 2022, a year-on-year rise of 2.4 million b/d compared with 2.7 million b/d forecast last month. The oil cartel said the main drivers of supply...

In its latest Upstream Report released this month, Rystad Energy said when comparing capex guidance for 2022 with actual spending in 2021, US oil major ExxonMobil is among those companies set to face the largest year-on-year growth. Hess Corporation,...

Italian multinational oilfield services company, Saipem, recently launched its new sustainable technology for subsea pipelaying, touted as one that considerably reduces environmental impacts on the seabed. The “Underwater Cold Bending” technology was unveiled during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, the leading international events in the offshore energy...

Former Energy Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine said that natural gas production in 2021 was the lowest in 18 years. In a LinkedIn post, Ramnarine said it will require creative thinking to drive economic growth. He said that...

By Dr. Lorraine Sobers – OilNOW Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030 (LCDS) is the best place to start if you want a bird’s eye view of the country’s renewable energy plans. The LCDS outlines the overall strategy for natural...

Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Thursday re-elected Paul Cheong as Chair, and he already has big plans for the countrywide business service organisation. A major part of that is pushing for better access to finance for businesses, especially small...

Determined to avert the perils associated with the Dutch Disease; a phenomenon that has weakened regional counterparts like Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana is advancing several efforts to have a highly diversified economy. Along with the GY$22B budgetary allocation...