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Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published an expanded online group of environmental permits tied to the country’s oil and gas sector, making available approvals covering a wider range of petroleum-related activities between 2019 and 2025. The records include permits...

Global oil supply conditions could tighten further if disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz persist, with inventories and spare production capacity that typically cushion shocks already under strain and being depleted, raising the risk of supply shortages if the...

Vallourec has secured two additional line pipe orders from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited for the Hammerhead and Longtail projects in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The company announced the contracts on May 20, 2026. The orders were awarded under a long-term...

ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking technical input from suppliers for the potential construction of up to two DP2 chemical carrier platform supply vessels (PSVs).  The RFI, published on May 19, outlines plans for...

TechnipFMC and TotalEnergies have completed stack-up and system integration testing for a shallow-water production christmas tree (XT) tied to the GranMorgu offshore development. The testing campaign was carried out over several weeks in Malaysia, where the subsea equipment was assembled...

The Guyana government and Viridien/CGG Services will commence geotechnical and seismic survey operations within offshore Block S4, which was licensed last year to a TotalEnergies-led group. Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) announced the survey in notices.  The notices, dated May...

Petrobras will invest US$2.14 billion (about R$37 billion) in the Brazilian state of São Paulo through 2030 across refining, exploration, logistics, and low-carbon energy projects, the company announced on May 18 during a visit by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio...

SBM Offshore has extended the application deadline for its Trainee Technician Program in Guyana to May 31, giving prospective candidates additional time to apply for offshore technical training opportunities tied to the country’s growing oil and gas sector. SBM Offshore...

The Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) Guyana Chapter recognized women across Guyana’s maritime sector during its 2026 Gala & Awards Ceremony in Georgetown on May 18.  Held under the theme “From Policy to Participation: Women Driving Maritime Excellence,” the...

Guyana’s Liza crude will gain a formal pricing role in Europe from July 1 as Platts reshapes its European Sour Crude Index (ESCI) to better capture evolving Atlantic Basin trade flows and rising imports from Latin America, according to...