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US-based American Airlines on Wednesday officially began direct flights from New York (NY) to the South American country of Guyana, now on the verge of becoming a major oil producer in the region. The new service will be operated daily...

JP Morgan on Tuesday raised its oil price outlook and forecast supply-demand balance to tighten next year against the backdrop of the OPEC and its allies increasing output cuts and stronger economic growth in emerging markets, Reuters said in...

Ratio Oil Exploration 1992 LP, one of the companies developing Israel’s largest natural gas field, expects the long-awaited project to give it about $250 million of revenue next year, Bloomberg said in a report on Tuesday. The energy explorer, which...

The much-anticipated Local Content Policy (LCP) that would set the framework within which companies in Guyana’s oil and gas sector are expected to operate, is closer to finalization. Director of the country’s Department of Energy (DE) Dr. Mark Bynoe made...

Maersk Drilling has secured a three-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer with BP for development drilling at the Matapal project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Maersk said Monday the contract has an estimated duration of 322 days and is...

The search for hydrocarbons continues at the Carapa—1 prospect located in the Kanuku block offshore the South American country of Guyana, with results expected over the next several days. “Repsol is currently focused on drilling the Carapa exploration well with...

Several international oil companies including majors such as ExxonMobil and Chevron are bidding for the opportunity to lift Guyana’s first share of oil cargoes from the Liza field at the Stabroek Block early next year, the country’s Department of...

By Professor Anthony T Bryan (Jamaica Observer) Clear de way, Guyana coming back is the title of a lively vintage calypso by Dave Martins and the Tradewinds about several Caribbean nations in a virtual horse race competing for prominence. Perhaps...

A Guyanese economist believes his country, an emerging oil and gas hotspot which is due to begin oil production potentially within the coming days, should endeavour to ensure that the relevant revenue management laws being crafted have sufficient provisions...

At the close of the third quarter of 2019, more than 1,700 of the workers supporting project development activities at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana are Guyanese, 300 of which are women in both the professional and technical fields. ExxonMobil...