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Saipem ramping up work ahead of Liza Destiny arrival; in-country fabrication planned for Phase 2

Over the next few months Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem will be ramping-up operations offshore Guyana as preparatory work gets underway ahead of the arrival of the Liza Destiny in Q3. This includes a survey of the sea floor...

AmCham aiming to attract foreign investment to Guyana at upcoming NY forum

The Guyana affiliate of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) will be hosting a Business Forum and Outreach with members of the business community in New York on March 2 at the Inter-Continental Hotel at Times Square. The forum was...

First 100% Guyanese-owned human resource company to service O&G industry launched

The first human resource company with 100% Guyanese ownership servicing the South American country’s emerging oil and gas industry was officially launched on Friday in Georgetown. Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc. (SRSGY) is currently providing human resource services to three of...

Maximising Guyana’s potential as an emerging resource-driven economy

As an emerging resource-driven economy and one with a particularly low average income, Guyana must use its resources sectors as a platform for broader economic development, which could transform its growth prospects. However, as with other similar countries, Guyana...

Just twenty-eight days: more Guyanese benefiting from opportunities offshore

Lindon Swamy’s wife is used to missing him. For more than two decades, Lindon spent months at a time away from home working at sea as a ship’s mechanic. He is completely at ease in the engine room of a...

‘Long-lasting’ relationship being forged between Guyana and North Sea

(Energy Voice) Diplomats yesterday praised the “long-lasting relationship” being forged between Aberdeen and the South American nation of Guyana, while on a trade mission to the city. The Guyanese ambassador to the UK, Frederick Hamley Case and the British high...

Liza Destiny ready for topside modules

Dutch floater specialists SBM Offshore says work on the 1.6-million-barrel capacity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel – Liza Destiny, is progressing on schedule with all systems in place for delivery in 2019. SBM said that after finishing the...

Persad-Bissessar makes impassioned plea for Guyana to avoid mistakes made by TT

Speaking to a room packed to capacity at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday evening, Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissassar urged Guyana to avoid some of the mistakes made by her...

ExxonMobil urges women to prepare for opportunities in oil and gas

Women entrepreneurs have been urged to educate themselves on the oil and gas sector so that they can be best prepared to tap into business opportunities that will emerge as Guyana becomes a major oil producer. This call was issued...

‘Make cost recovery audit public; amend Procurement Commission Act’ – Persaud

On the heels of nine major discoveries offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil and its partners HESS and CNOOC Nexen and with the recent announcement of a major resource estimation by Eco-Atlantic, former Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert...

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More Guyanese technicians graduate from FacTor training program 

SBM Offshore Guyana’s Trainee Technician program churned out another 24 Guyanese graduates, who are now one step closer to...