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2022: Guyana’s biggest year for oil and gas exploration

ExxonMobil and Stabroek Block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC, marked 2022 with a slew of new discoveries. It has been described as the best exploration year in Guyana so far, with a total of nine discoveries announced at Stabroek and...

Milestone approvals in 2022 could catapult Guyana to energy, business hotspot

The Guyana government approved two projects in 2022, that represent major milestones in the small South American nation’s mission to become a developed nation – Yellowtail and Gas-to-Energy. Both projects feature the involvement of oil major ExxonMobil and its...

Judgment on validity of Guyana’s oil fund law set for March

Come March 17, 2023, Guyana’s High Court Judge, Navindra Singh is expected to hand down his ruling in the challenge to the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill. Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones and Trade Unionist Norris Witter,...

Guyana ties with Saudia Arabia for highest volume of oil and gas added since 2015 – S&P Global Platts

Unprecedented. That best describes Guyana’s oil and gas industry’s ascent in just seven short years. And S&P Global Platts believes that the country has set a new paradigm for accelerated deepwater development. In its latest report, S&P outlined that Guyana...

Petrobras kick starts tender process for two new FPSOs

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras launched a tender for the supply of two new floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels for its shared Atapu and Sépia reservoirs. Bids are expected in July next 2023, and Petrobras expects production to start in...

Trinidad to negotiate with Shell, BP on bids for deepwater blocks

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago said it plans to engage in discussions and negotiations with bpTT and Shell Trinidad and Tobago with respect to their bids for four deepwater blocks. The Ministry said it...

Guyana goes after unnecessary red tape with contract for new trade single window

Guyana’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has issued a GY$202.9 million (approx. US$973,000) contract to Global Services Inc. for the establishment of a new trade single window.  The electronic platform will enable CH&PA to act as the sole point...

Competitive fiscal terms pushing pace of development in Guyana ‘super basin’- S&P Global

Guyana’s attractive and competitive fiscal terms have been pushing its unrivaled pace of deep-water development in the Stabroek Block. This has seen the country move from a non-oil producer just seven years ago, to what is now projected to...

Exxon looking to process 3D seismic data ahead of Stabroek Block multi-well campaign

ExxonMobil Guyana is looking to hire a firm to provide marine 3D seismic data processing services within the South American nation’s offshore Stabroek Block. A public Request For Information (RFI) said that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) plans...

Exxon sells off Chad, Cameroon assets to Savannah Energy

ExxonMobil sold its assets in Cameroon and Chad to British energy company, Savannah Energy. Savannah’s acquisition includes ExxonMobil’s entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon, including operatorship of the upstream assets through the acquisition of Esso Exploration and...

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Guyana must transform its oil boom into sustainable, broad-based prosperity – Minister Ally 

Guyana’s Minister of Public Service, Government Efficiency and Implementation, Zulfikar Ally, has called on business leaders to convert the...