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How companies can win in the upcoming oil auctions in Guyana

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By Arthur Deakin - OilNOW Within months, Guyana is expected to have auctioned 14 different oil blocks surrounding the biggest offshore oil discovery in the last decade. The government has announced that there could be 25 billion barrels of...
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Public-Private Partnerships—A Promising Path Forward if Done Right

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By Jerry Haar Assessing the economic condition of the State of Maryland where he was elected governor in January, Wes Moore concluded: “we are asset rich and strategy poor.” Some would argue that evaluation applies to Guyana,...
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Riding the wave: Guyana’s stock exchange and the thriving oil and gas economy

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By Dr. Carolyn Walcott & Dr. Terrence Blackman Many people in Guyana, a small country, culturally a part of the Caribbean, located in the northeastern corner of South America, must be made aware that the country has a stock exchange....
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From Black Gold to Green Fields: The Promise of Guyana’s Oil Wealth in Supporting Agriculture

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By Dr. Carolyn Walcott & Dr. Terrence Blackman Guyana, a small country on the Atlantic coast of South America, is in the throes of a significant economic transformation. The 2015 discovery of large oil and gas reserves off its coast...
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Technology and Innovation: The gateway to development for the Guyanese people

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By Christina Caus - OilNOW We live in vulnerable energy times. The energy crisis, climate change, and energy transition are all shaking and shaping the global future.  "The energy realities of the world remind us that oil and gas will be here for decades to...
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Transforming Guyana, Episode X: Unlocking Guyana’s Oil and Gas Potential, Balancing Energy Development and Environmental Stewardship

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By Terrence Blackman, Ph. D. & Utamu Bell In Episode 10, “Unlocking Guyana’s Oil and Gas Potential,” in the Transforming Guyana webinar series hosted by the Guyana Business Journal (GBJ) and the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC), the episode explored a...
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The Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase is not a public-private partnership

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By Joel Bhagwandin - OilNOW I am writing in reference to a letter published the Stabroek News on March 23, 2023, with the caption, “Vreed-en-Hoop shore base, funded with Guyana’s oil revenues makes it a private, public partnership”.  I must disclose...
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Proposed Energy Alliance

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By Riyad Insanally Last month, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Energy Minister Stuart Young proposed a Caribbean energy alliance involving Guyana, Suriname and, of course, his own country. In broad terms, he was offering T&T’s established capacity to process oil and...
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Regional Collaboration in Guyana’s Gas-to-Power Project

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By Dr. Lorraine Sobers - OilNOW There was greater Trinidad and Tobago presence at this year’s International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2023, than in 2022. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, was one of...
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Guyana’s sustainable approach to economic development

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By Cristina Caus - OilNOW Last month, Guyana gathered leaders for a four-day international energy conference to discuss how the oil & gas sector can harness the country’s development. Given the current global energy context, sustainability was the hot-button topic...
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