Opinions

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith - OilNOW In the first article in this four-part series, I focused on Venezuela’s recent saber-rattling moves. In this 2nd part I turn attention now to stakes involved for the two South American nations. The spotlight on...

By Arthur Deakin - OilNOW It is no longer a secret that Guyana is one of the most attractive investment opportunities in the world. The country has discovered 9 billion barrels of recoverable oil, and that is likely only half...

By Steven Jasmin - OilNOW Over the past 4 years Guyana has worked hard to iterate and develop a local content strategy and policy that strikes the balance of helping and protecting the Guyanese population, while simultaneously encouraging growth. As it...

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith - OilNOW Northern South America is heating up, and not just because of the massive oil fields that have been discovered offshore Guyana since May 2015. Provocative Moves On January 7, 2021, the day after the insurrectionist rumblings...

By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D. - OilNOW The recent 2020 Guyana Labor Force Survey (GLFS) highlights major interest indicators in Guyana's labor force participation. In the first quarter of 2020, the total population aged fifteen (15) and above residing in...

By Wilberne Persaud – OilNOW Guyana’s 783 thousand population occupies a land mass of 83,000 sq ml, compared to Singapore’s 279.6 sq ml with 5.7 million population and England’s 50,301 sq ml with population 56.3 million. Respectively, 2019 GDP numbers...

By Anthony T. Bryan – OilNOW From Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) it is about one hour flying time south to Georgetown the capital of the Republic of Guyana and another hour flying south to Paramaribo the capital of Suriname. These two...

There is a Letter to the Editor published in Sunday’s Stabroek News under the headline, “Guyana is losing US$35B by failing to negotiate a fair royalty”. While I can sympathize with the sentiment behind the letter, I believe that...

By Dean Foreman, Chief Economist at American Petroleum Institute It’s possible we could be headed for a shortfall in global oil supply as soon as next year – pretty remarkable considering where oil demand was last spring, with economies slowing under...

By Simon Flowers - Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge at Wood Mackenzie This could be the year oil and gas roars back. Tom Ellacott, SVP Corporate Analysis, saw in early December that the industry could have its own V-shaped recovery...