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Guyana extended its bid round beyond the original May deadline, because government needed more time to consult on a revision of its oil laws.  Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo revealed this Thursday during a media conference, a day after the...

A two-week period of consultation was recently concluded on the indicative terms and guidelines of Guyana’s first ever offshore licensing round, and the draft model petroleum agreements. The government plans to release the updated models this month.  The deadline for...

Guyana’s value to ExxonMobil will be felt for decades to come, according to an Analyst at Seeking Alpha, a crowd-sourced content service provider that publishes news on financial markets.  In his latest piece on April 12, the analyst examined Exxon’s...

Aiming to boost Brazil’s natural gas supply, the state-owned Petrobras issued tenders for two production platforms for its Sergipe Deepwater Project (SEAP), in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, about 100 km off the country’s coast.  Besides expanding Brazil’s availability of natural gas,...

Guyana’s ongoing offshore licensing round offers 14 blocks - 11 in the shallow water, and three in the deep. The draft model contracts will govern new licenses to be issued to winning bidders, and existing deals outside of the...

The rapid development of oil and gas resources is not only high on Guyana’s agenda but that of some of the world’s most powerful nations. In fact, Guyana ranks sixth on a list of 30 big oil-producing countries pursuing new...

Guyana’s growth forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been given a considerable boost. While the institution’s 2022 Article IV report had estimated Guyana’s real gross domestic product (GDP) would grow 25.2% in 2023, this has been revised...

The PDVSA billion dollar oil scandal runs deep with the arrests now at 34, according to Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek Saab. Venezuelan authorities have also issued 67 arrest warrants, 30 of which are for public officials and financial operators...

Guyana’s third oil production vessel - Prosperity, has arrived in the country's waters.  Operator ExxonMobil in a Tuesday morning release said the Prosperity will kickstart production from its Payara field in the Stabroek Block later this year.  "The arrival of the...

Energy market research and intelligence company Westwood Energy says exploration for hydrocarbons remains a high-risk business with only one in every three high impact exploration wells drilled between 2017 and the end 2022 resulting in a potential commercial discovery. “The...