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Greenidge: ‘Absurd’ for Venezuela to target Guyana over U.S. anti-drug operations

Carl Greenidge, Guyana's Agent in the 1899 Arbitral Award case before the International Court of Justice, says he would be “very surprised if Venezuela could feel that it has any justification for attacking” Guyana in response to U.S. anti-drug...

Maersk, GTI to deliver world-class training for Guyana workforce

Maersk Training is partnering with Global Technology Incorporated (GTI), an academic center in Guyana, to strengthen local training and workforce development, according to a company announcement on LinkedIn. In the September 17 post, Bruno Aguiar Thomaz, Managing Director of Maersk...

Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat changes leadership

Michael Munroe has been appointed to succeed Dr. Martin Pertab as Director of Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat. Pertab has now taken up the post of Chief Executive Officer at the country’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). Pertab, who was...

Noble Tom Madden continues development drilling at Uaru

ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) continued developmental drilling at the UA_4i02 Drill Center, part of the Uaru project in the Stabroek Block.  The campaign, underway since September 21, is being executed by the Noble Tom Madden drillship and is scheduled to...

ExxonMobil sanctions 7th Guyana project; first oil in 2029

ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision (FID) for the development of the Hammerhead discovery offshore Guyana, its seventh sanctioned project in the Stabroek Block, targeting first oil in 2029. The news comes on the heels of the issuance of...

Guyana issues production license for Exxon’s US$6.8 billion Hammerhead project

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Monday that it has approved ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead project, a US$6.8 billion venture that will increase oil production capacity by 150,000 barrels per day (b/d). Oil from Hammerhead, discovered in the southwestern part of...

Exxon to conduct seismic survey offshore Trinidad in second quarter of 2026

ExxonMobil has scheduled a seismic survey for the second quarter of 2026 on its newly awarded TTUD-1 block offshore Trinidad and Tobago, according to updates shared with the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI). The company outlined its timeline...

Letter-to-the-Editor: Oil fuels the economy, education secures the future

Dear Editor, As a law student in Guyana, I was very encouraged by President Ali’s announcement that work will soon begin on a national law school. For many of us, the dream of becoming a lawyer has often been blocked...

Chevron CEO hails Hess deal as 2025’s biggest U.S. merger, bets on lasting oil demand

Mike Wirth, Chief Executive Officer of Chevron, defended the company’s oil-first strategy in a recent interview with the New York Times, even as the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that global demand could peak before 2030. Wirth, who has led...

Over 1,300 Guyanese firms are now registered under the country’s Local Content Act

More than 1,300 Guyanese companies have been approved and registered under the Local Content Act, according to Director of the Local Content Secretariat, Dr. Martin Pertab. In an interview with OilNOW, Dr. Pertab disclosed that the Secretariat has registered 1,315...

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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...