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(BBC) The US government has branded Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro "a dictator" and frozen any US assets, after he held a controversial poll to elect a constituent assembly. Under the sanctions, US firms and individuals are banned from doing business...

The challenges facing Guyana as it prepares for oil production in 2020 will be bigger, since the country’s rapid move to first oil gives it less than 5 years from the initial discovery, to fully prepare. Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner...

(BBC) Electoral officials in Venezuela say turnout in the controversial election for a constituent assembly was 41.5%, a figure disputed by the opposition. The opposition coalition said 88% of voters abstained and it refused to recognise the election. It also...

The economic explosion Guyana is expected to experience with coming oil production can see the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) skyrocketing by as much as 2000% over the next two decades, according to President of the Georgetown Chamber of...

Director of the Guyana Oil and Gas Association, Nigel Hughes, says a development boom is clearly on the horizon in the South American country, fueled by the emerging oil and gas industry. But, it is up to Guyanese to...

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced estimated second quarter 2017 earnings of $3.4 billion, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared with $1.7 billion a year earlier, as oil and gas realizations increased and refining margins improved. “These solid results across our...

Revenue from oil production will begin flowing to the Guyana government from day one of production, ExxonMobil’s Upstream Operations Manager in Guyana, Doug Mc Gehee, has confirmed. He was speaking at the time at the launch of the Georgetown...

Over 19 Canadian companies are expected to be participating in an oil and gas trade mission to Guyana during the week of September 11-15, which, according to outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux, could be the first...

(Offshore) Tullow Oil says a rig, reportedly the drillship Noble Bob Douglas, has been secured for a well this fall on the 500 MMbbl-plus Araku prospect offshore Suriname. Araku is a large structural trap which has been de-risked by results of a 3D seismic...

The Board of Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation on Wednesday declared a cash dividend of $0.77 per share on the Common Stock, payable on September 11, 2017 to shareholders of record of Common Stock at the close of business...