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By the end of this year over 90 percent of Halliburton services will be provided out of Guyana

Since 2015, US oil field service company Halliburton has been providing various drilling and completion services in Guyana, all of which were initially supported from neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago. The company has developed what it describes as ‘an early...

Hess encouraged by Suriname oil strikes, says offshore potential significant

Hess Corporation said it is encouraged by the exploration success of Apache and Total in Suriname’s Block 58 where three discoveries have so far been made and the search for more hydrocarbon continues. John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation said...

Iran is sending its biggest fleet of tankers to Venezuela in defiance of U.S. sanctions

(Bloomberg) Iran is sending its biggest fleet yet of tankers to Venezuela in defiance of U.S. sanctions to help the isolated nation weather a crippling fuel shortage, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Some of the flotilla of...

FAO expects O&G to push higher demand for seabob in Guyana, the world’s largest producer

Guyana is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic seabob, a commercially important shrimp that is caught from the Atlantic coast of the US all the way down to Brazil. With the emerging oil and gas industry in Guyana, the...

Bank of China fined over 50 million yuan for loss-making product linked to crude oil

(Reuters) - State-owned Bank of China (BoC) has been fined 50.5 million yuan ($7.73 million) over irregularities in a loss-making product linked to crude oil, the banking regulator said on Saturday. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission began an...

Guyana President vows to break CARICOM trade barriers, says country now ‘negotiating from the front’

Guyana’s President, Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday announced the formulation of a joint high-level team comprising government and private sector representatives to examine the existing barriers to trade which the country faces, particularly in the CARICOM region. The Head of...

Guyana oil and gas potential ushering in new era of partnership, development

The emergence and fast-paced development of Guyana’s promising oil and gas sector has had a positive impact on and been a catalyst for international partnerships between local and foreign businesses. These partnerships are resulting in employment and capacity building...

One of world’s largest iron ore companies deploys 10-member team to Guyana with focus on renewables

A ten-member team from Australia-based Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) arrived in Guyana on Friday to pursue talks on investment opportunities in the new oil producing South American country. The team, led by FMG’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Julie Shuttleworth...

Impassioned calls made for investment, strong partnerships at launch of Canada-Guyana Chamber

The building of strong partnerships and need for robust investment across a number of sectors in Guyana were underscored on Friday at the launch of the Guyana-Canada Chamber of Commerce held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, on the...

OPEC+ reaches deal as new rifts emerge ahead of testing times for the cartel

(Bloomberg) --After five days of difficult talks that exposed new rifts between core members, OPEC+ agreed to gently ease output cuts next year. The deal appeared to satisfy the oil market and most of the cartel’s members but strained...

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Creativity, innovation at forefront as SBM Offshore Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap competition enters second year

The second leg of the Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix was held on April 19 at the Everest Cricket...