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Guyana gov’t says no illegalities or nefarious objectives guided approval of Liza Phase-1 billion-plus barrel development

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources MNR said on Friday afternoon that the decision to move ahead with the Liza Phase 1 development project – set to rake in an estimated 7 billion US dollars over its lifetime – was...

Economic diversification must continue in order to avert oil dependence – Finance Minister

Guyana’s Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has underscored the importance of continuing to diversify the economy as Guyana becomes an oil producing state to ensure that the nation does not develop a dependency on the oil sector. Noting that oil should...

Stakeholders call for more public involvement in plan to manage oil revenue

Stakeholders in Guyana want the Government to do more to educate the populace on the benefits and operationalization of the Sovereign Wealth fund, also known as the Natural Resource Fund. This was one of the main highlights at a panel...

Total farms into Guyana’s Orinduik block; Tullow to remain operator

French super-major Total has exercised its option to purchase a 25% working interest in the Orinduik block offshore Guyana for USD 12.5 million. This comes on the heels of partner Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas’ announcement that the block has...

Manufacturing body staging SWF discussion in Guyana

A discussion is set to get underway today – Thursday, September 13, to examine the management of future petroleum revenues and the establishment of a fiscal rule and a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in Guyana. The event is being...

Erdogan appoints himself chairman of Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund

(Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has appointed himself chairman of the country’s sovereign wealth fund and completely changed its board, naming Finance Minister Berat Albayrak as his deputy, the country’s Official Gazette said on Wednesday. The revamp was the...

GCCI says foreign investors welcomed ‘in spirit of fairness’

A week after calling for close scrutiny of a Memorandum of Understanding Guyana is set to sign with Trinidad and Tobago, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry is making it clear that it is not anti-investment. The Chamber expressed...

Guyana on track to meet ICJ deadline

Guyana is in the process of completing its’ memorial on the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy, which is expected to be submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by November 19, 2018. A memorial is a petition or representation made by...

Equatorial Guinea could end oil service contracts over failure to comply with local content rules

Major oil companies in Equatorial Guinea could be asked by the end of September to cancel their contracts with service providers such as TechnipFMC, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 SA because they aren’t complying with local-content rules over training and...

Guyana signed MoUs before and there was no apocalypse – Foreign Minister

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, said the Memorandum of Understanding to be signed between Guyana and its Trinidadian counterpart later this month will in no way adversely affect the country’s development, but rather strengthen it. Speaking at a...

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MODEC’s next Guyana FPSO: Essequibo 1899

The Essequibo 1899 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will serve ExxonMobil’s seventh sanctioned development in the Stabroek...