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Access to finance a key hurdle for Guyanese companies looking to secure big contracts in oil & gas – Dr. Gaskin-Peters

Several local companies which have acquired the necessary capabilities through training and obtained the relevant health and safety certifications are still facing a proverbial brick wall when trying to access oil sector contracts. The hurdle that now stands in...

Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes among major companies moving services to Guyana – Exxon

A growing number of companies operating in Guyana’s oil and gas industry are moving more of their supply operations from Trinidad and Tobago and other locations to the South American country, as local capacity to execute projects increase. ExxonMobil Guyana...

Accelerate-Her weekend bootcamp building capacity of Guyanese women entrepreneurs

The first batch of Guyanese women entrepreneurs participated over the weekend in a bootcamp organised by the Centre for Local Business Development under its Accelerate-Her programme. This programme is funded by ExxonMobil Guyana and Stabroek Block co-venturers Hess and...

Learning app for Guyanese women entrepreneurs launched through support from ExxonMobil Foundation

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, ExxonMobil Foundation and ActionINVEST Caribbean Incorporated (ACI), on September 14, 2021, launched a partnership to bring vital entrepreneurial skills and support to women across Guyana through the Foundation’s ‘HerVenture’ mobile learning application. The mobile...

Exxon in search of Quayside and Laydown Area on West Bank of Demerara River

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has put out a Request for Information (RFI) seeking detailed operational and technical information from suppliers for meeting its bid selection requirements for a Quayside and Laydown Area on the...

Investing in becoming a cut above the rest – Pt. 1

By A. Bacchus – OilNOW So, you have your business, and it is registered on the Supplier Registration Portal to be considered for contract opportunities in the oil and gas industry. What’s next? What is it about your company that...

Guyanese benefitted from almost GY$19 billion in oil and gas contracts during first half of 2021

During the first half of 2021, ExxonMobil Guyana and its contractors spent nearly GY$19 billion with more than 750 Guyanese vendors on goods and services ranging from food stuff to engineering. This has generated, either directly or indirectly, an...

Becoming a link in the supply chain – where do we start?

By A. Bacchus - OilNOW Local content has been the talk of the town since the oil and gas industry started developing in Guyana; everybody wants a piece of the pie. For citizens, it’s been questions on the possibility of...

Huge success for Guyana this year at largest oil conference in the world

Guyana was well represented at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) by a delegation comprising companies, government agencies and business groups that left their mark at the Houston, Texas event where interest in the new oil producing country was...

Guyanese company offering ‘new age logistics with old world knowledge’

Symmetry Brokerage and Logistics Service Incorporated (SBLS) is a fully owned and operated Guyanese company. Led by Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd Bart, it is raising the bar and setting the standard for Guyanese brokerage and logistics companies, particularly those...

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Letter-to-the-Editor: I am saving GY$14,000 a month with low fuel prices

Dear Editor, “Guyana gasoline prices now lowest in the region” is a headline I read and couldn’t help but smile....