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Guyana EITI candidature application approved

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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board has approved Guyana’s EITI candidature application making the South American country the 53rd candidate of the global transparency body. OilNOW understands Guyana’s EITI National Coordinator, Dr. Rudy Jadoopat travelled to the Philippines to...
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Guyana to consider Chevron’s quest for offshore acreage

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Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, says he is excited by the interest being shown by foreign companies looking to tap into the prospects of the country’s oil and gas sector. He made specific mention of US supermajor, Chevron,...
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Berbicians briefed on Exxon business centre services

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ExxonMobil’s Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) in Guyana on Monday met with residents and members of the Berbice business community at the Berbice Chamber of Commerce in New Amsterdam. This meeting follows a series of similar meetings with business...
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Hess exiting Norway and Denmark

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Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced on Monday several additional steps in what the company says is the continued execution of its strategic plan to further focus its portfolio and allocate capital to higher return assets: An agreement to sell its...
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African oil expert delivers presentation to packed audience in Georgetown

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Theophilus Nyamko Ahwireng, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Commission of Ghana delivered a well-received presentation on resource management, governance and sustainable development of the oil and gas sector to a packed audience in Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday. The...
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Kosmos farms into Equatorial Guinea with three new contracts

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The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, Kosmos Energy of the US and national oil company GEPetrol have signed three new production sharing contracts (PSC) for Block EG-21, Block S and Block W offshore Rio Muni. The...
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Business group staging public discussions on O&G across Guyana

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A key group representing the business community across Guyana will be staging a series of public discussions on oil & gas, beginning today. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will be spearheading a series of public lectures and...
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US clout in world oil market grows as exports increase

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(CNBC) For two separate weeks recently, the U.S. exported as much oil onto the world market each day as was being pumped in either Nigeria or Venezuela and by several other OPEC countries together. Those roughly 1.9 million barrels a...
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Guyana Stock Exchange head wants foreign companies to sell shares on local market

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While the law does not stipulate that foreign companies should make shares available on the Guyana Stock Exchange, General Manager of the entity, George Edwards, said this is an area that the country's Government should give consideration to. In an...
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Top oilfield services firms signal fourth-quarter uncertainty

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(Reuters) - The world’s top two oilfield service firms on Friday warned slower producer spending and weakness in offshore exploration may weigh on current-quarter earnings, but said activity could improve in the longer term as the global crude market...
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Ali names 25-member cabinet; Vickram Bharrat back at oil ministry

President Irfaan Ali of Guyana unveiled 25 ministerial Cabinet appointees on Saturday evening, as the government embarks on its...

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