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Persad-Bissessar makes impassioned plea for Guyana to avoid mistakes made by TT

Speaking to a room packed to capacity at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday evening, Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissassar urged Guyana to avoid some of the mistakes made by her...

Guyana halts issuance of exploration licenses for one year

As the Guyana Government’s Energy Department works to increase its capacity, update legislation and have a better understanding of the local and global petroleum sector, it has put a moratorium on the granting of new exploration licenses. This was disclosed...

Local content framework in Guyana to be in place “long before first oil” – Dept. of Energy

“We are confident that there will be a Local Content framework long before first oil.” This assurance was given by Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe as he addressed media operatives at his first press conference...

Bynoe says gov’t will honor ExxonMobil contract even as it looks to design new model PSA

Speaking at his first official press conference since assuming office, Head of Guyana’s Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe told reporters on Thursday, at the Ministry of the Presidency, that any review of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between...

TT Opposition Leader set to deliver oil and gas speech in Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago’s Leader of the Opposition and Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Mrs Kamla Persad Bissessar will be the feature speaker at the 23rd Awards Presentation and Dinner hosted by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services...

“We in Canada are here to help you not exploit you” – High Commissioner Chatterjee

Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Lilian Chatterjee sees a bright future ahead for the soon-to-be oil producing South American country and is making it clear that Canada is looking to help and not exploit Guyana. Speaking at the launch of...

ExxonMobil urges women to prepare for opportunities in oil and gas

Women entrepreneurs have been urged to educate themselves on the oil and gas sector so that they can be best prepared to tap into business opportunities that will emerge as Guyana becomes a major oil producer. This call was issued...

Kosmos slips deeper into red with net loss of $126.1M in Q3

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE: KOS) on Monday announced financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2018. For the third quarter of 2018, the Company generated a net loss of $126.1 million, or $0.31 per diluted share as compared to net loss of...

Oil explorers looking at ‘large prospects’ offshore Suriname; to be tested in 2020

Despite recent disappointments from two exploration campaigns offshore Suriname, joint venture partners operating in the Dutch-speaking South American country are looking at “large prospects” in Block 42 which they intend to test in 2020. Kosmos Energy is the exploration operator...

ExxonMobil holds more acreage in Brazil than any other company

In September 2017, ExxonMobil had interest in just two offshore blocks in Brazil, totaling slightly more than 161,000 net acres. Fast forward one year later: the company now has interest in 26 deepwater blocks across five basins, covering an area nearly...

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Libra Consortium announces first oil at third FPSO in Brazil pre-salt

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced on Thursday the start of production of...