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Using oil to diversify Guyanese foreign policy – starting with India

By Wazim Mowla – OilNOW Amid increasing US rhetoric about competing with China in Latin America and the Caribbean, Guyana should use its newfound oil reserves to diversify its foreign relations. This process should start with India, who over the...

Guyana is lynchpin in southern Caribbean’s changing geopolitical landscape – Scott B. MacDonald

By Scott B. MacDonald - OilNOW In June 2021, Guyana was the host for Operation Tradewinds, a multinational military exercise, involving military forces from the U.S., the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, the Dominican Republic, France, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago,...

Geopolitics of oil and water in Guyana: Part 2 – Ivelaw Griffith

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – OilNOW The first article discussed Guyana’s geography and environmental conditions against the backdrop of South America’s lone English-speaking petro state. I turn attention now to the nature and impact of the flooding and offer a...

A two-fold approach to lower emissions in Guyana: Exxon’s carbon capture strategy and a potential government carbon tax

By Arthur Deakin – OilNOW The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently set out a narrow roadmap for the world to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Annual renewable energy capacity will have to be added at four times the...

Geopolitics of oil and water in Guyana: Part 1 – Ivelaw Griffith

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – OilNOW In the first of this two-part series on Guyana’s current flood travails, I offer an analysis of the country’s geography and environmental circumstances against the backdrop of the country as a petro state. The...

Managing Guyana’s oil revenues requires objective discussions – Dr. Terrence Blackman

By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D. – OilNOW In her essay, The Trouble with Tribes, Susan Fowler invites us to focus on the red dot in the center of the blue circle above. Within thirty (30) seconds, we experience the Troxler...

Three key imperatives new oil producer Guyana should pursue

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – OilNOW In Part I of this series, I examined Venezuela’s recent saber-rattling moves against Guyana, while Part II addressed the high stakes involved for the two countries. With this as background I turned to the...

Oil and Gas Imperatives: Direct Foreign Investment, Local Content Policy and Governmental Transparency

By Wilberne Persaud - OilNOW Growing up in British Guiana, I marveled at Dutch engineering genius. They created the seawall, amazing below-sea-level coastal water and drainage systems. Georgetown was scenic and serene, at the time considered the Caribbean’s Garden City....

The challenge of human capital and economic development in Guyana

By Jerry Haar – OilNOW The Guyanese highly value education, and that bodes well as the country seeks to capitalize on its oil and gas largesse and finally build the nation that all Guyanese have hoped for since independence in...

Guyana using its foreign policy to strengthen relationship with old allies, build new partnerships with oil producing nations

By Wazim Mowla - OilNOW While some states aim to use foreign policy to increase their standing in the world, for advocacy, or as a tool to compete with others, Guyana’s has centered on promoting its economic development at home....

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Guyana’s oil output to expand in 2025 amid forecast of lower prices

The Guyana government projects an increase in the rate of crude oil production offshore from 616,000 barrels per day...