Guyana’s President David Granger told reporters on Wednesday that as Head-of-State he made the decision not to disclose the payment of a US$18M signing bonus received from ExxonMobil affiliate; Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (ESSO).
Mr. Granger said setting...
Guyana continues to record unacceptably low scores in the annual Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index, a state of affairs that Government, in cooperation with the private sector, must collaborate to address, urges the UK’s chief diplomat in the...
Former Guyana President, Bharrat Jagdeo, has denied that Canadian Oil Exploration Company CGX Energy paid a ‘signing bonus’ to the then administration - monies that were used to pay legal fees for the Guyana/Suriname border dispute some years ago.
The...
(Hart Energy) Bolivia’s gas industry could begin 2018 on a positive note, following years of low exploration investment that shrank gas reserves as production increased amid less demand from its top customer Brazil.
The country is working to boost investment...
Guyana’s legislators on Tuesday approved - unchallenged in the National Assembly - the Ministry of Natural Resources US$5.3M (G$1.1B) 2018 work programme of which US$145,000 (G$30M) has been allocated for oil gas related activities next year.
Included in the allocations...
Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has defended the deposit of an US$18M ‘signing bonus’ into a special account at the Bank of Guyana, as ‘standard practice,’ saying “we are not breaking any rule.”
Mr. Jordan defended the transaction in...
The Guyana Government has embarked on the establishment of a multi-sector stakeholder committee for the oil and gas sector which it hopes will comprise members of civil society and the parliamentary parties.
The announcement came as Minister with responsibility for...
(The Guardian) The price of oil has hit a 30-month high after the owner of a major North Sea pipeline said it could be shut for as long as three weeks.
The price of a barrel of Brent crude has...
As discussions continue on the nature and type of local content mechanism Guyana should adopt in order to ensure businesses in the South American country benefit from oil and gas opportunities, some private sector officials are signaling that stringent...
Country Manager of ExxonMobil Guyana, Rod Henson, told media representatives on Sunday evening that the company did indeed pay a US$18M signing bonus to Guyana.
Mr. Henson, speaking on the sidelines of a Public Lecture on Oil Spill Response Readiness...