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Oil companies drill where data is most promising, but Liza and Tanager show results could vary

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Back in 2015, ExxonMobil made the decision to begin drilling for oil in Guyana at Liza-1 since this prospect was the biggest and best, based on data analysed by the company. Several elements need to line up in order to...
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Saipem pledges support for Women Empowerment Principles

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Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has signed the declaration of support for the Women Empowerment Principles (WEP) and the Manifesto for female employment of the Valore D association. The company, a prime contractor for ExxonMobil’s Stabroek block developments in...
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ExxonMobil looking for suppliers for its fiber optic cable project

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ExxonMobil Guyana is looking for suppliers to provide onshore installation services for its high-speed fibre-optic/wireless transport project. The company said in a public notice it was seeking to identify suppliers who can provide ‘onshore underground fiber optic cable survey and...
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For Guyana ‘light is right’ – the crude quality of choice

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The following is an opinion piece by Arthur Deakin, Analyst at Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) where he conducts political, economic, and other risk analysis activities for the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors in both Latin America and Africa. Starting in January...
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Dreams of oil riches and prosperous times could be dashed when expectations are unrealistic

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Transforming billions of barrels of oil resources deep beneath the surface into cash in hand which can be used to directly benefit a country and its people comes with a multitude of challenges, which if overlooked, can see the...
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Fiscal smoothing for Guyana’s wealth funds

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Resource funds have been funded from a variety of sources. In some cases, large trade surpluses have been added to the foreign-exchange reserves of some countries, so as to substantially exceed the normal needs for foreign-exchange stabilisation. In other...
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Production-Sharing Agreements

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Discussions have been ongoing about the nature of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Guyana has entered with ExxonMobil for the Stabroek block since oil was discovered back in 2015 and production got underway in December 2019. But what exactly are PSAs?...
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Guyana government mulling overseas training in oil and gas for ‘hundreds of the brightest students’

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Authorities in Guyana are looking to build a local group of core professionals that would ultimately take over the management of the oil and gas sector. This could see hundreds of Guyanese students being sent overseas to acquire the...
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CGX Energy gets 1-year extension on deadline to drill Guyana well

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CGX Energy has been granted a one-year extension on its schedule to drill a well on its Corentyne block offshore Guyana. The company along with Joint Venture (JV) partner Frontera Energy Corporation said Friday discussions with the Guyana government were...
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Oil Plus looking to bring North Sea experience to South America’s newest crude producer

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Rockway Oilfields Services (ROS) has entered a strategic alliance with global oil and gas support company, Oil Plus Ltd, to provide oilfield solutions in the areas of Production Chemistry and Microbiology, Maintenance and Asset integrity and Process Engineering solutions. Founded...
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Kumu’s new small-scale hydropower plant now operational

Guyana commissioned a new 1.5 megawatt (MW) hydropower station in the southeastern community of Kumu on Friday, part of...

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