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Guyanese geoscientist Ashlika Persaud scores three discoveries at Stabroek Block

Guyanese geoscientist Ashlika Persaud says she has a deep desire, and that is to do right by her company – ExxonMobil - and her country, where the discovery of massive amounts of oil since 2015 has placed the South...

Guyanese Engineers in Singapore for training on third oil production vessel

Seven graduate engineers hired by SBM Offshore have arrived in Singapore for hands-on training on the Prosperity FPSO vessel, which is being constructed to support the Payara development in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. The five men and two women...

Guyana seen as better option than Venezuela, in Biden’s bid to lower US gas prices

Miami Herald columnist, Andres Oppenheimer says that if President Joe Biden of the United States wants to lower gas prices there, he would be better off negotiating with Guyana, rather than Venezuela. “President Biden recently sent a team of senior...

Guyana pointing explorers to available acreage ahead of landmark bid round

Guyana - the hottest new petroleum exploration destination on the planet - is currently inviting oil explorers to tap into unlicensed onshore and offshore acreages. As the country prepares to auction oil blocks later this year, the Guyana Office for...

More oil revenues for Guyana this year as Liza-1 production set to increase

Since 2020, ExxonMobil had planned to make modifications to the Liza Destiny floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to safely sustain oil production levels higher than its current nameplate of 120,000 barrels per day. This will soon become...

Baker Hughes to boost well capabilities with acquisition of Norwegian firm

Baker Hughes said on Monday that it will be acquiring Altus Intervention, a Norwegian company with four decades of industry experience developing well-intervention solutions. With this acquisition, Baker Hughes will have the opportunity to further improve its life-of-well capabilities for...

Oil producer, Guyana, removes excise tax on fuel in response to global disruptions

Vice President of Guyana, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Wednesday that the government has reduced the excise tax on fuel to 0%, in response to growing anxiety about rising commodity prices. The reduction applies to diesel and gasoline, and represents...

Date for elective nomination of second well at Kaieteur Block extended

The date for elective nomination, by ExxonMobil, of the prospect target for the second well on the Kaieteur Block has been extended to October 2, 2023, according to Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited a 25% stakeholder in the block. With reference...

Veteran business executive, former mining chief nominated to board managing Guyana’s oil fund

The process is underway for the establishment of Guyana’s first board of directors for its Natural Resource Fund. Of the three to five Directors to sit on the Board, as per the stipulations of the new Natural Resource Fund...

CARICOM has largely been a failure; opting out Treaty to protect oil sector a matter of national interest – Datadin maintains

Attorney-at-Law and Member of Parliament Sanjeev Datadin insists that his suggestion that Guyana can enter a reservation to opt-out of certain obligations under CARICOM's Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC), is sound, irrespective of arguments that resist such an approach. Datadin’s comments...

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Suriname’s National Debt Chief resigns amid enhanced financial scrutiny of NDP government 

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - Malty Dwarkasing has resigned as Suriname’s Administrator-General of the National Debt Office. Dwarkasing submitted her resignation...