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Guyanese can register business interest with ExxonMobil online

Guyanese business operators looking to provide services in the oil and gas supply chain are being urged to register their interest via an online portal open to the public. Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has established a supplier...

Guyana remains cautious against falling oil prices, expectations

As excitement among Guyanese continue to rise about the prospect of the country becoming a major oil producer, the government is encouraging an atmosphere of cautious optimism in face of falling oil prices and global oversupply of the commodities...

Exxon awards EPCI contract to Saipem for Liza development

ExxonMobil has awarded a new Engineering, Procuring, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract to Saipem for the Subsea Umbilicals Risers Flowlines (SURF) package of the proposed Liza project that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited is operating together with joint...

Venezuela braces for possible U.S. oil sanctions

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela would be hit from two directions if the U.S. were ever to impose oil-related sanctions against the South American nation where at least 30 have died in anti-government protests in the past month. American drivers may...

BREAKING: Guyana appoints Deputy Director for new Petroleum Department

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources; the agency responsible for the country’s extractive sector, has commenced filling vacancies for the Petroleum Department within the Ministry, with the appointment of a Deputy Director in the person of Mr. Nicholas Chuck-A-Sang. OilNOW learnt...

Guyanese legislators to consider Commission to collect oil revenues

Guyana today moved one step closer to tightening its legislative regime governing the oil and gas sector, when Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, presented to the National Assembly, the Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill 2017–to provide for the...

ExxonMobil, employees contribute more than $50M to U.S. colleges, universities

ExxonMobil and its employees contributed more than $50 million to institutions of higher education across the United States in 2016 as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2016 Educational Matching Gift Program, the company announced today. Employees, retirees, directors and surviving...

Vietnam sacks top official for PetroVietnam ‘violation’

(BBC) A top Vietnamese official has been sacked for "violations" while running national oil and gas firm PetroVietnam, in a rare public censure by the ruling Communist Party. The government said on Sunday that Dinh La Thang, 57, was no...

Small oil spills occur in T&T due to equipment fatigue – Coastal Dynamics Executive

With an oil and gas industry in Trinidad and Tobago that is well over 100 years old, an environmental specialist from the twin island republic believes that the absence of a major catastrophic disaster over the years is commendable,...

Bristow in new contract with Apache

Bristow Helicopters Limited has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Limited to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five year primary term, with further extension options, will commence on 1 September 2017. Aircraft types...

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Second Guyana oil auction unlikely before November 2025 elections 

Guyana Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday he is doubtful Guyana’s next auction of offshore acreage will happen before...