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Measuring and valuing Guyana’s potential for gas security of supply

Energy is a vital part of every aspect of modern life in Guyana and for our continued economic prosperity. There is at present no universally accepted definition of security of supply and how this should be measured. Factors such...

Guyana will be subject to vagaries of oil market…country must prepare – Ramnarine

Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Ramnarine has proffered some advice to the South American nation of Guyana where ExxonMobil and its joint venture partners HESS and CNOOC have just commenced oil production. His...

Guyana production on path to rival OPEC top guns

It is estimated that by the mid-2020s to 2030, oil production in Guyana could hit 750,000 barrels per day but this figure may ‘underestimate the country’s production’ the American Security Project (ASP) has said. ASP said unlike other recent discoveries...

Eco fully funded, drill-ready to pursue light oil prospects at Orinduik

Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas, junior partner at the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana, says it is drill-ready and fully funded to pursue additional prospects on the block as the search for high quality hydrocarbons continue. In 2019 the company drilled...

No spills from offshore oil operations – ExxonMobil

Photos and video clips published on social media on Thursday showing a dark substance on water just off the coast of Georgetown is not from offshore exploration and production activities, according to a statement from ExxonMobil on its Facebook...

Liza Crude going to market 1 to 2 months in advance of production

Crude being produced at the Liza Phase 1 Development offshore Guyana is being sold one to two months in advance, which is around the same time-frame as a number of competing countries in West Africa. Production started last December at...

Brazil’s Petrobras records record income

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras recorded an income of 9.205 billion dollars in 2019, which represents a 55.7 % rise compared to 2018. According to an update from the company, the greatest revenue in its history was a result of...

Maduro declares oil emergency; appoints commission to revamp PDVSA

President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has declared an oil emergency, announcing a commission to revamp state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) in a bid to rescue the country’s collapsing oil industry. According to a report in Bloomberg, the...

Hungry for gas; Brazil needs LNG imports to meet demand – Rystad Energy

Brazil’s natural gas demand is set to climb to a record in 2020‒2021 at 39 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, giving the country one of its biggest demand-supply deficits in history, Rysatd Energy said in a new report...

Most competitive deepwater projects will be those with shortest development cycle times – IHS Markit

From discovery in 2015 to production in 2019, the Liza Phase 1 development offshore Guyana is considered to be one of the fastest deepwater project ramp-ups in the industry’s history. London–based IHS Markit said in a report this month...

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Smith pushing for more Guyanese firms to benefit from O&G as second term as Chamber President begins  

In her second term as President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce (GCCI), Kathy Smith plans to increase the...