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From Accra to Georgetown: Key facts about Guyana’s newest operator Cybele Energy  

Cybele Energy Ltd, a Ghana-based, female-owned oil and gas company, is the latest independent entrant into Guyana’s burgeoning offshore energy sector.  Founded in 2012, the company has grown from a small exploration startup into a diversified energy firm, according to...

Chevron’s first post-Hess capex plan shows strong offshore push in Guyana

Chevron Corporation’s newly announced 2026 capital program puts fresh emphasis on Guyana, underscoring the company’s deepening stake in one of the world’s most prolific oil basins, following its acquisition of Hess Corporation. The company unveiled an organic capex range of...

Letter-to-the-Editor: One Barrel Each: I hope it means more benefits for all of us

Dear Editor, There has been a lot of discussion recently about Guyana’s oil production reaching the point where, on paper, every citizen now accounts for about one barrel of oil per day. This milestone is more than just an impressive...

EPA aims for real time oversight of every well drilled in the Stabroek Block

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to introduce live surveillance of offshore drilling, a step the agency believes will transform how it monitors high-risk petroleum activities.  The update came during the latest edition of Starting Point, The Oil and...

Shrinking explorer pool threatens future high-impact drilling – Westwood

Westwood Global Energy Group is warning that the collapse in companies drilling high-impact (HI) exploration wells is constraining the industry’s ability to boost future supply.  The latest insight by Christine Shearman, Farmouts Research Manager – Global E&A, outlined how the...

Vandon Worrell’s journey from offshore cleaner to ExxonMobil Logistics Coordinator

Thirty-year-old Vandon Worrell, a resident of Tuschen on the West Coast of Guyana’s Demerara County, shares an inspiring story of determination and growth – one that started in the humblest of places: cleaning rooms and public toilets offshore. Worrell started...

Suriname’s Gas-to-Shore Vision: What the Sloanea breakthrough really unlocks

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Suriname’s long-discussed gas-to-shore ambitions are gaining new momentum following PETRONAS’ recent declaration of commerciality for the Sloanea field in Block 52. The Sloanea-1 discovery, drilled in 2020, is now confirmed as a commercially viable gas field following...

Ghanaian firm to ink deal for oil and gas search offshore Guyana

Ghana-based Cybele Energy Limited is set to sign a petroleum agreement on Tuesday, December 9, to explore for oil and gas offshore Guyana. This will be the second block awarded from the country’s first competitive offshore auction. The ceremony will...

Thailand and Malaysia emerge as rare takers of Guyanese barrels amid European saturation

Guyana’s crude exports in November showed a broad spread of destinations, with rare buyers in Asia taking barrels displaced by an increasingly saturated European market, according to data from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and vessel-tracking platforms. A total of...

A look at Guyana’s newest oil major, Petronas

Petronas is stepping into Guyana’s offshore sector, with a long history of oil and gas development. The Malaysian state-owned company was created in 1974 and grew into one of the world’s foremost integrated energy producers. It explores, drills, refines,...

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Zero routine flaring systems standard on Guyana’s FPSOs, cutting emissions through gas reinjection

Systems to prevent routine flaring are standard across major offshore developments in Guyana. Integrated systems on floating production, storage,...