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Oil production will bring many opportunities; Guyanese must equip themselves

After 50 years of independence, one of the major challenges facing Guyana is the transformation of the country’s natural wealth into human development. At the launch of the 2016 Human Development Report (HDR) in which Guyana was ranked in...

ExxonMobil Earns $4 Billion During First Quarter 2017

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced estimated first quarter 2017 earnings of $4 billion, or $0.95 per diluted share, compared with $1.8 billion a year earlier, resulting from improvements in commodity prices, cost management and refining operations. “Our results reflect...

BP finds 200 million barrels of oil in hidden cache

(Houtson Chronicle) British oil major BP has discovered 200 million barrels of oil in a hidden cache in the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to a technological breakthrough allowing the company to see beneath geological formations that had befuddled oil...

Exxon to train, boost capacity of Guyanese businesses for oil & gas opportunities

Small to medium size businesses in Guyana will soon be able to register interest and receive specialized training that would enable them to benefit from business opportunities in the supply chain of the country’s emerging oil and gas sector. ExxonMobil...

TechnipFMC awarded Subsea Contract for Liza deep water project

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of the subsea equipment for the Liza deep water project in Guyana, South America. The award scope includes seventeen total enhanced vertical...

Guyana working on oil spill plan of action

As US oil major ExxonMobil gears up to begin oil production in Guyana by 2020, authorities in the South American country are crafting a range of measures, including a plan of action in the event of an oil spill...

ExxonMobil recommits to global support for malaria

In recognition of World Malaria Day, ExxonMobil announced on Tuesday that it is renewing support for local and global organizations working to end malaria around the world. Grants made this year will continue ExxonMobil’s longstanding support for efforts to...

Exxon making big time push for shale in South America

ExxonMobil Corporation will spend close to one billion dollars this year to ramp up the production of natural gas at the Vaca Muerta shale play located in Neuquen, Argentina. The governor of Neuquen province, Omar Gutierrez, said in a statement...

Petroleum Bill to be taken to Guyana law making body May 8

The Government of Guyana is preparing to table the Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill 2017 at the next sitting of the country’s National Assembly, slated for May 8, 2017. The Bill is just one of the measures being put...

Apache hits dry well offshore Suriname

Apache Oil and Gas Corporation has failed to find commercial quantities of oil at its Kolibrie-1 well, offshore Suriname. The closely-watched drilling operations took place 129km off the coast of the South American country, in Block 53. The Noble Douglas drill...

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‘The devil is in the details’ – petroleum geologist says of CGX’s Guyana discovery

Editor-in-Chief at GEO ExPro, Henk Kombrink, questioned why companies would announce a discovery when the actual proof is not...