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Trump doesn’t care about Latin America, Lula tells Correa

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva says US President, Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least” and added that “Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama...

Saipem contracts Guyanese company for shorebase services

Saipem America Incorporated has indicated that it will be contracting a Guyanese company to provide shore-base services for its operations in the Liza Field in the Stabroek Block. The company - a tier one contractor of ExxonMobil Guyana – has been...

GCCI embraces two-pronged strategy to bolster private sector O&G involvement

The discovery of oil in Guyana and imminent first oil in 2020 has pushed the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to embrace a two-pronged approach to promoting the country’s private sector involvement in and around the oil...

Guyana to cycle its signing bonus through national coffers

Guyanese Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has assured stakeholders that funds to be used from the US$18M signing bonus will first be placed in the country’s Consolidated Fund before being disbursed. The US$18 signing bonus paid by US Oil Major...

No guarantee unprecedented rate of oil discoveries will continue – ExxonMobil Country Manager

Despite the discovery of more than 3.2 billion barrels of oil off the Guyana coast, the South American country’s offshore basin still remains risky with no guarantee that the unprecedented rate of discoveries – seven to date – will...

Business Ministry to take lead on development of local content policy framework

Guyana’s Ministry of Business has been tasked with spearheading the development of the country’s local content policy framework, now slated to be finalized and completed by the end of April. This was disclosed by the South American country’s Minister of...

Guyanese authorities meet to finalize national oil-spill response plan

Guyanese authorities today began—through a one day stakeholder workshop—a review of its National Draft Oil Spill Contingency Plan, for finalizing and implementation within the next 24 months, ahead of first-oil in March 2020. Spearheaded by the South American country’s Civil...

Guyana’s windfall from oil production is not fake news – US Ambassador

United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway on Tuesday told an oil and gas forum that Guyana is set to receive significant revenue  when oil production begins in 2020 and this “is not fake news.” The US Ambassador vigorously outlined...

Guyana moving towards compilation of first EITI report

An independent administrator will soon be hired, as part of the requirement by the international body of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), to support the South American country with the compilation of its first report. This was disclosed...

Nabi Oil & Gas PSA outlines ‘sliding’ 70% cost recovery pegged on oil price of US$100 per barrel

The Government of Guyana is to release another Petroleum Agreement shortly; this time for Nabi Oil and Gas Inc., signed in 2012. This is according to sources close to Cabinet. OilNOW understands that the Nabi contract could be released to...

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Exxon not backing out of Block S8 talks – Jagdeo 

ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC are not backing out of talks with the Guyana government for a shallow water block...