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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 ā€˜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 ā€˜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...

Unrealistic expectations and untapped opportunities—are we paying attention?

By A. Bacchus - OilNOW ā€œWe got oil but wuh duh mean fuh me? I ain’t seeing a cent of the oil money.ā€ I recently heard that statement from a close friend of mine who has, in recent years, been...

DAI supports flood relief efforts in Guyana

Local and international employees of development company DAI donated 70 hampers consisting of food and hygiene products to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in Guyana on Friday. The products, such as rice, sugar, hand soap, sanitary napkins and other...

Exxon says goal is to have 75% Guyanese workforce on each FPSO

ExxonMobilĀ Guyana says it has been pursuing various initiatives to ensure hundreds of Guyanese are able to take up leading roles in supporting the operations of the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Public and Government Affairs Advisor,Ā JanelleĀ Persaud,Ā disclosed...

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PETRONAS secures deepwater Block 66 in Suriname with new contract

PARAMARIBO SURINAME - Staatsolie has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) and Paradise...