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Guyana low-cost, high-quality oil resources remain vital to Hess portfolio

The oil and gas resources discovered offshore Guyana since 2015 continue to play a key role in Hess Corporation’s portfolio and investor spending. The company has a 30% interest in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block offshore Guyana where nearly 11 billion...

IMF gives Guyana thumbs up for restraint in spending oil revenues

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not only lauded authorities in Guyana for the critical amendments it made to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) law, but it has also praised the administration for not spending a cent until that...

Guyana’s oil fund earns GY$21B from profit oil for May

For May 2022, Guyana earned profit oil income from the Stabroek Block totaling GY$21,381,305,000 (approximately US$102,548,225.42). In the prior month, the country received royalties to the tune of GY$4,390,903,000 (approx. US$21,059,486.81). The following figures were extracted from the monthly Natural...

Exxon wants to be go-to partner for NOCs – Woods

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at ExxonMobil Corporation, Darren Woods, said the company’s strategy is to make sure it is a central partner when national oil companies and other resource holders want someone to develop the...

‘One Guyana’ hull in Indonesian waters, will head to Singapore soon – Hess

President and Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation, Greg Hill, said the hull for the Yellowtail oil production vessel is complete, and sitting in Indonesian waters, waiting to travel to Singapore one the Prosperity, another Guyana-bound vessel, is complete. Prosperity...

Guyana does not owe Exxon a cent; nonsense passing off as analysis – Vice President

The contention that Guyana would not be able to reap the benefits of oil production without racking up millions of dollars in debt to Stabroek Block operator ExxonMobil is misleading, said the country’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. During a...

Guyana not being relegated to status of ‘rent collector’; country seeking big gains from oil resources – Ramnarine

Guyana’s steadfast drive for local participation in its oil and gas sector is being lauded by former Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Energy, Kevin Ramnarine. Though private sector leaders of the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations have been at odds...

‘Current high oil prices must not lull us into false sense of security’ – T&T Energy Chamber Chairman

The world has gone from negative oil prices to historic highs in just a few years. But Chairman of Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Chamber, Dwight Mahabir, has cautioned countries to not let these current high oil prices lure them...

Sheraton Hotel brand making debut in world’s fastest-growing economy by 2025

A heightened tourist footprint in Guyana, a new oil producer and the world’s fastest-growing economy, is pushing the South American nation’s hospitality industry further. By 2025, the Sheraton Hotel and Resort brand will be present in Guyana. Marriott International Inc. –...

Guyana equipped to address all likely oil spill scenarios as US Coast Guard led training ends

With any oil production operation, oil spills are a risk, though the probability is very minimal once strict safeguards are implemented. And though Guyana is new to the oil-producing scene, the small South American nation has taken steps to boost its development of an...

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CNOOC sees production boost in China, Canada and Guyana in first quarter

China’s CNOOC reported a total net production of 180.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first quarter...