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Higher oil price boosts BP’s recovery, second-quarter profit up four-fold

(Reuters) - Higher oil prices and increased output helped BP quadruple its second-quarter profit from a year earlier as the oil major finally shakes off the after-effects of 2010’s Deepwater Horizon spill and the last oil market slump. Second-quarter results...

ExxonMobil sees agro support as key to helping small businesses grow

Dozens of Guyanese agro-processors once again had an opportunity to showcase and market their products at the second UncappeD Marketplace event held on Saturday, July 28 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara. More than 50...

High production and prices will help ExxonMobil recover CAPEX quickly; Guyana revenue to spike

High oil production and price in the early years of the Liza Phase 1 development will help ExxonMobil recover its Capital Expenditure rapidly, after which Guyana can expect a spike in revenue from its share of oil. So says Trinidad...

Size of BHP gas discovery in Trinidad will determine feasibility of developing resource – Wood Mack

Industry Analyst Wood Mackenzie says the development and commercialization of the recent gas discovery by Australia-based BHP in Trinidad and Tobago will ultimately be determined by the size of the find. On July 18 BHP announced that the Victoria-1 exploration...

Total starts production at Kaombo project offshore Angola

(Reuters) French energy group Total said on July 27 that it had started production at the Kaombo project, which is currently the biggest, deep offshore development in Angola. The Kaombo Norte FPSO was successfully brought onstream and will produce an estimated 115,000...

Chevron’s quarterly profit more than doubles on rising oil prices

(Reuters) U.S. oil and natural gas producer Chevron Corp. said on July 27 its quarterly profit more than doubled on rising oil prices and production. Production rose about 2% to 2.83 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company posted...

Guyana Private Sector body wants New York Times to ‘remedy’ misrepresentations in July 20 article

The Private Sector Commission of Guyana has written to Publisher of the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger, protesting what it describes as "misrepresentations" outlined in an article published on July 20, 2018, under the headline ‘The $20 Billion Question for...

Guyana tops the world in discovered resources for first half 2018

Guyana leads the top five countries in the world in terms of total discovered resources added in the first half of 2018, followed by the United States, Cyprus, Oman and Norway… Global discoveries of conventional oil and natural gas are seeing an exciting recovery...

Cabinet to further review proposed spending of O&G revenue; Parliament to get document by August

Guyana’s Cabinet has reviewed the proposal by the Ministry of Finance for the spending of revenues garnered from the country’s emerging petroleum industry but will be further scrutinizing the proposal on Tuesday, July 31. Addressing medial operatives at his Main Street,...

World Bank provides US$35M to support Guyana O&G preparations

The World Bank and Guyana’s Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Friday, July 27, signed a policy-based loan agreement for US$35 million to support the creation of the financial framework necessary for the Oil and Gas (O&G) industry. This loan...

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CNOOC’s record production in Guyana boosts strong Q3 results

CNOOC Limited announced its highest-ever net production and net profit for the third quarter of 2024, crediting increased output...