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Significant opportunities exist across a multitude of sectors – Bharrat tells Dubai investors

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, told a team of investors from Dubai during a recent meeting that significant business opportunities exist across several sectors, including areas outside of oil and gas. The Natural Resources Ministry said Saturday that...

Guyana has the largest new conventional liquids play the world has seen in a decade

The increase in the estimated gross discovered recoverable resources at the prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana places the South American country at the top of the list for the largest new conventional liquids play in the world over the...

Stabroek Block offers best options in a global industry under pressure

Even as the global pandemic continues to cast a shadow on the oil and gas industry, its unprecedented effects have not eclipsed the attractiveness of Guyana’s world-class oil finds.  In fact, it has served to highlight how advantaged the...

Oil major Total looking to pursue renewable energy, other investment opportunities in Guyana

French oil company Total is looking to pursue further investment opportunities in Guyana with special interest in the areas of low carbon and renewable energy. President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jean-Michel Lavergne, and Oliver Wattez, Guyana Branch General Manager...

ExxonMobil sees oil market in ‘early stages of recovery’, Guyana offshore remains top priority

Even as it reported a third-quarter loss of $680 million on Friday following its largest-ever loss of $1.1 billion in Q2 2020, ExxonMobil Corporation said it sees the global oil market as being in the ‘early stages of recovery’...

Guyana remains committed to low carbon development – President tells international community

The preservation of Guyana’s forests and adherence to the country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) in order to combat climate change and lower carbon emissions is a critical objective of the the new oil producing country. On Thursday, President Irfaan...

Liza Phase 1 production now averaging 105,000 bpd, peak output expected by December – Hess

Gross production from the Liza Phase 1 Development at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana has been averaging 105,000 barrels of oil per day in the last few weeks with a full ramp up in output expected by December. This is...

Shell looking to strike it big on ‘Golden Lane of Oil in the Guianas’ six years after walking away from Stabroek Block

Six years after giving up its stake in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana where operator ExxonMobil went on to make the first world class Liza discovery just months later, Shell is now looking to strike it big on the...

ExxonMobil announces 1900 job cuts in United States

US oil major ExxonMobil said on Thursday as part of an extensive global review announced earlier this year, it plans to reduce staffing levels in the United States, primarily at its management offices in Houston, Texas. The company said...

Equinor in double oil strike offshore Newfoundland

Equinor (60%), and its partner BP Canada (40%), have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada. The two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects, drilled this summer in the Flemish Pass Basin, have proven the presence of hydrocarbons; however, it is too early to provide specific...

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Guyana and Suriname leaders advance talks on trade, energy, and connectivity at high-level meeting

Joint Statement - Meeting Between Jennifer Geerlings- Simons, President of the Republic of Suriname and Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali,...