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By Wazim Mowla - OilNOW  The revenue from Guyana’s oil and gas reserves are key to tackling its and the rest of the Caribbean’s climate change challenges. Addressing the effects of climate change boils down to securing needed financing at...

The National Assembly of Guyana approved the first withdrawal from the country’s Natural Resource Fund on Thursday afternoon, clearing US$607 million for spending. The withdrawal clears the fund of all revenue, as per the provisions of the new law, the...

TotalEnergies, through its affiliate TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc., on Thursday announced its decision to withdraw from the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. “The decision not to continue with the project was taken as the Company...

Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore reported on Thursday an Underlying Directional revenue of US$2,317 million for 2021, an increase of 1% compared with 2020, mainly resulting from ramp-up of activities with five FPSOs under construction in 2021, the awarded...

Guyana has not yet scratched the surface when it comes to output at its vast offshore oilfields now under development by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil. In fact, of the more than 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent discovered so...

The spending structure for Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) which currently holds over US$600 million in oil revenue is not unusual says Co-Director of Americas Market Intelligence energy practice, Arthur Deakin. The government passed the NRF bill on December 29,...

By Arthur Deakin - OilNOW  In late January, the Guyanese PPP administration introduced a U$2.6 billion budget for 2022 where it will consume 100% of the funds stored in its Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). By year’s end, the SWF will...

The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources has allocated and approved the sum of GY$20 million (US$100,000) to kick start the establishment of a Local Content Secretariat. This was announced by Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram...

The year started with two more discoveries at Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil and a significant announcement by CGX Energy at its Kawa-1 well on the Corentyne Block, marking a potential major discovery outside of the prolific Stabroek license. Following...

(S&P Global Platts) Brazil's natural gas industry received a significant push forward with approval of the country's New Gas Market, but it faces a critical year in 2022 to consolidate implementation of the regulatory regime and create the foundation...