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Guyana State Minister, private sector members discuss O&G

Guyana’s Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Monday, met with the executive members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) at his office at the Ministry of the Presidency. Among the areas discussed were increased collaboration between the Government and the...

Guyana businesses want local content legislation – GCCI President

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deodat Indar, says that the business community in the South American country would like to see, at the very least, some degree of legislation enacted for local content rather than...

Higher oil price boosts BP’s recovery, second-quarter profit up four-fold

(Reuters) - Higher oil prices and increased output helped BP quadruple its second-quarter profit from a year earlier as the oil major finally shakes off the after-effects of 2010’s Deepwater Horizon spill and the last oil market slump. Second-quarter results...

ExxonMobil sees agro support as key to helping small businesses grow

Dozens of Guyanese agro-processors once again had an opportunity to showcase and market their products at the second UncappeD Marketplace event held on Saturday, July 28 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara. More than 50...

High production and prices will help ExxonMobil recover CAPEX quickly; Guyana revenue to spike

High oil production and price in the early years of the Liza Phase 1 development will help ExxonMobil recover its Capital Expenditure rapidly, after which Guyana can expect a spike in revenue from its share of oil. So says Trinidad...

Size of BHP gas discovery in Trinidad will determine feasibility of developing resource – Wood Mack

Industry Analyst Wood Mackenzie says the development and commercialization of the recent gas discovery by Australia-based BHP in Trinidad and Tobago will ultimately be determined by the size of the find. On July 18 BHP announced that the Victoria-1 exploration...

Total starts production at Kaombo project offshore Angola

(Reuters) French energy group Total said on July 27 that it had started production at the Kaombo project, which is currently the biggest, deep offshore development in Angola. The Kaombo Norte FPSO was successfully brought onstream and will produce an estimated 115,000...

Chevron’s quarterly profit more than doubles on rising oil prices

(Reuters) U.S. oil and natural gas producer Chevron Corp. said on July 27 its quarterly profit more than doubled on rising oil prices and production. Production rose about 2% to 2.83 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company posted...

ExxonMobil continues support of Guyanese agro-businesses

Oil giant ExxonMobil on Saturday, July 28, continued its efforts to support Guyanese small businesses by being the lead sponsor of the ‘Uncapped Marketplace’ held at the Leonora Track and Field Center, on the West Coast of Demerara. The event...

Guyana Private Sector body wants New York Times to ‘remedy’ misrepresentations in July 20 article

The Private Sector Commission of Guyana has written to Publisher of the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger, protesting what it describes as "misrepresentations" outlined in an article published on July 20, 2018, under the headline ‘The $20 Billion Question for...

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ExxonMobil anticipates lower Q2 2025 earnings due weaker oil and gas prices

ExxonMobil expects lower crude and natural gas prices will weigh on its second quarter 2025 earnings, according to its...