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Warrau Booklet launch empowers Guyanese schools and preserves Indigenous language

The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS), in partnership with SBM Offshore Guyana, has launched a booklet featuring the culture and stories of the Warrau Indigenous people of Guyana.   The launch, held on September 29 at the National Center for...

Staatsolie CEO Jagesar: ‘Managing wealth is perhaps even more difficult than managing poverty’

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – As Suriname prepares for first oil from Block 58 in 2028, Staatsolie CEO Annand Jagesar is urging discipline in how the windfall is managed, a point he emphasized in a September 24 interview with Het Financieele...

TotalEnergies trains Surinamese engineers for GranMorgu offshore operations

TotalEnergies Suriname has stepped up preparations for its GranMorgu project by hosting its second in-person technical training on floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) process systems. Hércules Medeiros, Executive in Projects, Operations, and Asset Management at TotalEnergies, announced the update...

Suriname urged to focus on gradual workforce development in oil sector – Atlas Professional Director 

Suriname’s energy sector must align its local content ambitions with the country’s workforce capacity, advises Lourdes Landa Thierry, South America Business Director at Atlas Professionals.  “Local content should be something about developing the country. So it needs to be a...

The PAA Series: Environmental Management – Decommissioning (Part 3)

In PAA Series: Environmental Management - Decommissioning Part 2, we highlighted that, “The most significant steps in reducing adverse environmental influence are for the industry to take a proactive approach to managing operations and become educated about those activities...

MODEC wins full scope for ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead FPSO in Guyana

Japan’s MODEC said on Tuesday it has been awarded the full engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract to deliver a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead oil project offshore Guyana. The award, which follows a...

Baker Hughes wins major Petrobras contract for 50 subsea tree systems

Baker Hughes announced Monday that it has secured a significant award from Petrobras to supply up to 50 subsea tree systems and associated services for offshore oil and gas production in Brazil. The award was won through an open...

Touchstone pushes ahead with Cascadura completions, divests Fyzabad asset

Touchstone Exploration Inc. has entered the completion phase at its Cascadura development in Trinidad, advancing a strategic portfolio shift. In a September 29 update, the company stated that drilling at the Cascadura-4 development well, now designated Cascadura-4ST2X, was completed earlier...

Letter-to-the-Editor: Homegrown training proves Guyana has the capacity to lead the energy future

Dear Editor,  I felt immense pride reading that Guyanese engineers and technicians in the oil and gas sector are now receiving full training right here at home. This two-phase programme equips participants with the skills to operate and maintain FPSOs...

Caribbean Tech Innovation breaks ground on the global stage

Ramps Logistics says its homegrown platform, MAWI, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Breakbulk Awards — the first time a technology created in the Caribbean has reached this level of recognition. According to the company's September 26 release, MAWI has...

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Thousands of teachers and students in Guyana are expected to feel the impact of ExxonMobil’s STEM investment

ExxonMobil is positioning long-term science and engineering education as central to Guyana’s workforce development, with executives and students underscoring...