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Since becoming an oil producer, Guyana has received GY$16,889,629,390.29 (US$81,005,416.74) in royalty payments. In keeping with the stipulations of the Natural Resource Fund Act 2021, the information was recently presented to the National Assembly after being published in the Official...

(S&P Global Platts) Details remained scant May 18 on a US policy shift that could chart a path for US companies to again invest in and operate Venezuelan oil projects as the Biden administration has reportedly begun to ease...

(Reuters) - Equinor SA and Exxon Mobil Corp have taken the first steps to expand an $8 billion oil development off Brazil's coast, the Norwegian oil producer told Reuters. The firms want to boost future production from the Bacalhau oil field, Equinor's...

Conrad Enill, the current Chairman of Trinidad and Tobago’s National Gas Company (NGC) is now the twin-island Republic’s High Commissioner to Guyana. His appointment comes at a time when Guyana is amassing considerable natural gas reserves in the offshore Stabroek Block, and...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is strongly urging the government to refrain from inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trinidad and Tobago, until the twin-island nation opts to remove its Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), which are...

As Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley arrived in Guyana for the Regional Agri-Investment forum, one businessman Timothy Tucker is reanimating the discussion about non-tariff barriers to trade. Timothy Tucker, who happens to be President of the...

ExxonMobil’s search for more crude is moving forward offshore Guyana, with campaigns ongoing at new prospects at the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block. The company is continuing exploration drilling operations at Seabob-1 and Kiru Kiru-1 utilising the Stena Carron and...

When he attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) last November, Guyana’s President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, told world leaders that forests constitute a powerful arsenal in the fight against climate change. He...

Pertamina, the state-owned energy company for Indonesia and oil major ExxonMobil have entered an agreement for a study to gauge the potential for the implementation of lower-emissions technologies, like carbon capture and hydrogen production, on a large scale. The deal adds to Indonesia’s efforts to advance carbon capture and storage in...

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), Brazil’s state-owned multinational oil producer, plans to add 14 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels offshore Brazil in the next four years, according to its Strategic Plan 2022-2026. The plan listed 15 FPSOs altogether. The first,...