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Reps hail Total’s Egina FPSO on local content

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(PM News) The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Local Content has described the Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) of Total Upstream Nig. Ltd. as a pride for Nigeria. The Committee Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Ekon, made commendation during...
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Guyana focusing on benefits of oil contract; not renegotiation – Minister of State

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Guyana’s Minister of State Joseph Harmon says the Production Sharing Agreement between ExxonMobil and the South American country is binding and the David Granger led administration will be looking ahead, focusing on the benefits to be accrued when oil...
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Businessman behind ‘go-invest elsewhere’ ad apologises

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Guyanese Businessman, Chief Executive Officer of Bel Air Georgetown-based Eco Potanzia Industry, Siri Persaud, has owned up to being behind a print advertisement in the Guyanese press calling on investors to invest elsewhere. Persaud has since apologised by way of...
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Guyana welcomes strategic partners who put country first

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Authorities in Guyana have embraced the position that the South American country alone cannot efficiently and competitively develop its emerging Oil and Gas (O&G) industry and as such, should continue to seek out strategic partners. The country’s Minister of Public...
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Brazil to decide in first half on Total’s Amazon River basin drilling

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(Reuters) - Brazil environmental agency Ibama will decide on French oil firm Total’s application to drill in the environmentally sensitive Amazon river basin before the end of May, and possibly as soon as the end of March, an agency...
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Aker Energy buys Hess Ghana business, expects first oil in 2021

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Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke’s Aker Energy plans “significant” oil exploration and production in Ghana after a $100 million deal to buy Hess Corporation’s (HES.N) business there. Hess holds a 30 percent interest in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Reuters reports...
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Encouraging indicators for oil & gas in Jamaica says PCJ

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(Jamaica Observer) The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) says a geological study recently conducted by CGG Robertson of the United Kingdom has revealed further “encouraging” signs for possible petroleum potential on and off-shore Jamaica. “The investigations, which were carried out...
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Amendments being made to Petroleum Commission bill

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Further amendments are being made to the bill being proposed for the establishment of Guyana’s Petroleum Commission – the regulatory body that will have oversight of the oil and gas industry. The move, which would possibly see the reducing of...
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ExxonMobil US$300,000 support kick starts Iwokrama Science Programme

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ExxonMobil Guyana’s US$300,000 (G$62M) contribution to the Iwokrama International Centre back in November has paved the way for the re-launching of the entity’s Science Programme. The first meeting for the Iwokrama Science Committee was held on February 12-13 where the...
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15 Guyanese receive training to work on Noble Bob Douglas Drillship

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A total of 15 Guyanese recently completed courses in Basic Safety Training (BST) and Ship Security Awareness (SSA) as part of the requisite training and certification needed to qualify them to be employed on the Noble Bob Douglas Drillship. The...
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Eco Atlantic remains upbeat about stake in South America’s mega hotspot   

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. has reaffirmed its focus on Guyana, a key area for hydrocarbon exploration, where...

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