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Stabroek Block partners continue support for women entrepreneurs through AccelerateHER program

The free Accelerate-Her mentorship programme for women entrepreneurs, introduced last year through the Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD), has been extended for a second year thanks to the patronage of the Stabroek Block co-venturers through the Greater Guyana Initiative...

Canadian drillers spring to life as war dents supply

(Bloomberg) — Canada’s slumbering oil industry is beginning to stir. For years, the country’s drillers, like those in the shale fields of West Texas, have been under great pressure from their investors to avoid the kind of expansion plans that...

Guyana reviewing measures to soften blows of Russia-Ukraine crisis on food security, fuel prices

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, international observers predicted that harsh sanctions on the Vladimir Putin administration could propel oil prices to a record-breaking US$200 a barrel, US$53 higher than it ever was on July 11,...

Guyana lifts most COVID-19 restrictions, greenlighting increased economic activity

The private sector in Guyana has been given a welcome boon by the government, after the effect that global supply chain bottlenecks and war in eastern Europe have had on commodity prices and working-class pockets. After nearly two years of...

New oil province grappling with fallout from global disruptions

The economic impact of the war in Ukraine is being felt around the world as oil prices become more volatile with surges pushing Brent to its highest level in nine years at one point. This follows the impacts of...

Norway’s Equinor will stop trading Russian oil after this month

(S&P Global Platts) Norway's state-controlled Equinor is to stop trading or transporting Russian oil, it said late March 14, following a decision to exit its Russian joint ventures in response to the invasion of Ukraine. In a statement, Equinor said...

Eco Atlantic to acquire 100% of JHI Associates in deal valued over US$50 million

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX ‐ V: EOG), announced on Monday that it has signed a Commercially Binding Term Sheet to acquire 100% of JHI Associates Inc., including JHI's 17.5% Working Interest (WI) in the Canje Block offshore Guyana. The deal...

Rapid development of oil resources will deliver benefits to Guyana now, say academics

In the context of arguments that Guyana should not develop its oil and gas resources as quickly as the government intends to, energy policy specialist Wazim Mowla asks “Why wait?” Mowla is a non-resident scholar at Florida University’s Jack D. Gordon...

Repsol in search of critical services for new well at Kanuku Block

Spanish oil firm Repsol, operator of the Kanuku Block offshore Guyana, is in search of companies to provide information regarding well testing services. In Requests For Information (FRI) posted by its local affiliate Repsol Exploración Guyana on Friday, the company...

Guyana Labour Minister encourages oil sector to utilise new job bank

Guyana’s labour Ministry launched a national job bank online on Friday to connect the unemployed with jobs across the country. Subject minister, Joseph Hamilton, said during the launch ceremony that the government wants companies in the oil and gas sector to...

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OSRL opens Guyana subsea response facility to strengthen regional readiness

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has opened a new Subsea Response facility at the Emergency Response Base at the...