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18 Guyanese women graduate from GY$40M ExxonMobil Foundation global leadership programme

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Eighteen Guyanese women have graduated from the Global Women in Management (GWIM) programme, after six months of training in leadership and management skills. The ExxonMobil Foundation-sponsored programme was launched last September and has seen an investment of some GY$40 million in support...
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Yellowtail will deliver second lowest breakeven to date at giant Stabroek Block

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The largest development to date at the Stabroek Block will deliver the second lowest breakeven for the ExxonMobil-led consortium that has found over 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources in the South American country since 2015. The breakeven for...
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EPA ties ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail permit to rigid provisions for reducing emissions

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While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted ExxonMobil’s affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) permission to move ahead with its US$10B Yellowtail Project, it has done so with several rigid conditionalities attached. With respect to air management,...
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Guyana’s oil fund law faces legal challenge over validity of December passage

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Christopher Jones, Guyana’s Opposition Chief Whip, and Norris Witter, a trade unionist, have together approached the High Court to contest the validity of the Natural Resource Fund Act which was passed by the National Assembly last December. But Guyana's...
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IDB taking more aggressive stance on energy transition

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a financier of Guyana projects for many years, signaled in a report that its support for new ventures is taking a more aggressive approach where decarbonization and adaptation are concerned. The policy is stated in...
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Pipe coating for Guyana’s largest offshore project planned for early 2023

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Canadian oilfield service company, Shawcor Ltd., has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Saipem to see pipe coating for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail project in Guyana’s Stabroek Block, set to begin in early 2023. Yellowtail is scheduled for first oil...
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Shell starts up gas production at Colibri project offshore Trinidad

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Shell Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), through Shell PLC subsidiary BG International Ltd., announced recently that it started production at the Colibri natural gas field offshore the Twin Island Republic. In a statement, the company explained that ‘Project Colibri’ is a backfill project that is expected to...
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Guyana oil could help fill gaps if US producers stick to capital discipline, says Platts

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The billions of barrels of oil resources that have been found offshore Guyana could help fill gaps in supply in the coming years if US upstream producers continue to stick to capital discipline as a corporate strategy, which shows...
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Environmental impact of Exxon’s proposed 24-well campaign ‘negligible to low’, says EPA

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Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disclosed on Tuesday via two screening decision documents that no Environmental Impact Assessment needs to be conducted for ExxonMobil’s proposed 24 well campaign at the Kaieteur and Canje Blocks. The regulatory body said its screening...
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Each Exxon project has US$600M ‘per occurrence’ insurance in place – EPA Head

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For each oil production project led by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) offshore Guyana, there is a ‘per occurrence’ insurance coverage of US$600M related to oil spills. This is according to Head of the Environmental...
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