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Guyana preparing ICT sector for “economic leaps and bounds” – Telecoms Minister

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Guyana’s Minister of Public Telecommunication, Cathy Hughes, says Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become the main ingredient for development globally and the South American country will be moving to ensure that the ICT sector is prepared for the emerging...
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Statoil delivers $5.9B plan for Arctic Johan Castberg Project

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Statoil and partners have delivered to Norwegian authorities a $5.9 billion development plan for their massive Arctic Johan Castberg oil discovery, having halved costs for the project that now has a $35-per-barrel breakeven price. The development, which Statoil calls the biggest...
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Restrictive local content measures can hurt oil companies – British High Commissioner

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British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, believes careful consideration must be given to the establishment of guidelines for the use of local content in the oil & gas industry since measures which are too restrictive can serve to...
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The Nigerian Production Sharing Contract: An Overview

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The Production Sharing Contract (PSC) was widely introduced in 1993 to address some of the issues faced by the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) and also to provide a suitable agreement structure for encouraging foreign investment in offshore acreage. Under...
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‘We want to look back 10 years from now and say we helped Guyana’ – Exxon Country Manager

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ExxonMobil Guyana Country Manager, Rod Henson says the company would like to look back 10 years from now and see that its presence would have served to help the South American country of 750,000 people. Guyana will enter the league...
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Skills training must include culture of efficiency, safety – Trotman

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Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, says due to the high-investment-high-risk environment of the international petroleum sector, business models maximize efficiency while preserving safety, and as such, efforts must be made to incorporate this culture in skills training...
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Maduro to create cryptocurrency backed in oil and diamond reserves

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As Venezuela's financial crisis deepens, President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday the creation of a digital cryptocurrency to fight a financial blockade fueled by US sanctions on the Latin American country. The digital cryptocurrency will be called the Petro and...
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ExxonMobil courts Guyanese companies for support contracts

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US oil major ExxonMobil has begun to up the ante in its push to sensitize the Guyanese business community of opportunities during its exploration and development phases in the coming decades and is in fact encouraging private companies from...
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TechnipFMC-led consortium to expand Bahrain refinery

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(Reuters) - State-run Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) has awarded a consortium led by UK-based TechnipFMC a contract to expand Bahrain's only oil refinery, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. TechnipFMC awarded Subsea Contract for Liza deep water...
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President of Trinidad’s Petrotrin resigns amid “fake oil scandal”

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The President of Trinidad and Tobagos’ state-owned oil company Petrotrin has resigned over a scandal involving discrepancies between reported oil production in the exploration and production operations in the Catshill Field operated by A&V Oil and Gas and the...
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Guyana’s Uaru and Whiptail projects on track for 2026 to 2027 start-up – Routledge

Alistair Routledge,  President of ExxonMobil Guyana says the company’s fifth and sixth developments — Uaru and Whiptail — are...

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