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Guyana, TT American Chambers stage 1st HSSE conference in Georgetown

As Guyana prepares for first oil, the need for Health, Safety, Security and the Environment (HSSE) standards was further highlighted on Wednesday when the American Chamber of Commerce Guyana (AMCHAM), in collaboration with its sister organisation in Trinidad and...

IEA sees oil market oversupplied in 2019 on U.S. production

(Reuters) - Surging U.S. oil output will outpace sluggish global demand and lead to a large stock build around the world in the next nine months, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. The forecasts appear to predict the...

Massive discovered resource opportunities on offer in Brazil 2019 pre-salt bid rounds

The forthcoming three-round licensing bonanza of Brazil’s pre-salt acreage includes four massive discovered resource opportunities (DROs) sandwiched between two high-profile exploration rounds.  Timing for this round is set for November 6, 2019, industry analyst Wood Mackenzie said in a...

ExxonMobil partners with University of Guyana for roll-out of ‘clean energy’ machine

The University of Guyana’s (UG) Faculty of Agriculture on Monday commissioned a gasifier machine that will have the capacity to produce 10-12kWatts of clean energy and will be used for research in the production of other biomass materials. The project,...

One oil major walked away, 20 companies said no to Guyana exploration

The financial risk was high and the prospects of finding oil off the Guyana coast was low in the lead-up to the 2015 drill campaign that saw the largest discovery for that year being made at the Liza field....

Orinduik explorers targeting 220 million barrels of oil at Jethro-Lobe

Explorers in the 1800km2 Orinduik Block, situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana, are targeting around 220 million barrels of oil at the first wildcat well currently being drilled – Jethro-Lobe. Orinduik is located adjacent to...

China will determine the future of Venezuela

(Al Jazeera) On January 23, when US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president of Venezuela, he thought deposing President Nicolas Maduro from power would be easy. He had a simple, three-thronged plan: declare Maduro's presidency illegitimate by exposing...

Two years on: Exxon business centre on a mission to make access to training easier

The Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD), which was established back in July 2017 to help build the capacity of Guyanese businesses to better position themselves for the oil and gas industry, is on a mission to make training...

Caracas threatens to seize Chevron oil assets

Venezuela is threatening to nationalize Chevron's oil assets if Washington declines to extend a sanctions waiver that expires on 27 July, reports independent media organization, Argus. The waiver issued as a general license by the US Treasury Department on 28 January allowed...

Discoveries up 35% – Guyana oil strikes propelling uptick

Global discoveries of conventional oil and gas continue to show promising growth, with new finds totaling 6.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first half of 2019, according to the mid-year assessment of upstream data by Rystad...

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Halliburton Latin America revenue up 22% to US$1.1 billion in Q1 2026

Halliburton reported stronger performance in Latin America in the first quarter of 2026, with revenue rising 22% year over...