Guyana collected US$77.9 million (GY$16.2 billion) in royalties from ExxonMobil, Hess (acquired by Chevron) and CNOOC, for crude produced and sold offshore during the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest Natural Resource Fund (NRF) report.  This brought royalty...

Management Themes (Part 6) focused on the grant of a Petroleum Production Licence (PPL) under the Petroleum Activities Act 2023 (PAA). We saw that section 33 provides that the Minister may grant the PPL on such conditions as the...

By Keystone Consulting Group As Guyana approaches its crucial 2025 General and Regional Elections, the natural and critical question of ‘who will govern next’ rises to the forefront of our thoughts. It is the subject of much analysis and debate,...

Dear Editor, The recent completion of the Oil Spill Response & Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Techniques Course and Incident Command System (ICS) Course by twenty seven members of the Guyana Defense Force is not just about capacity building via drills and...

ExxonMobil is aiming to replicate the remarkable success it has had in Guyana, in neighboring Trinidad and Tobago, and even expects the oil and gas development to progress faster there due to T&T's established industry, deepwater ports and robust...

Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Roodal Moonilal, today announced the signing of a “historic” Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with global giant ExxonMobil for an offshore deepwater block larger than the nation’s landmass.  This marks the company’s...

The Local Content Secretariat says oil companies in Guyana delivered more than 1,600 technical and non-technical programs for Guyanese in 2024, reflecting what Head of the Employment Unit Nicole Haynes described as “the continued commitment to upskilling the Guyanese...

The Noble Valiant has been added as the second drillship for TotalEnergies' offshore Suriname campaign, the company announced in its latest fleet status report. The vessel will support development drilling in Block 58, where the French major and APA...

The Guyana-Suriname Basin stands out as a rare asset in today’s competitive energy landscape, offering what the industry refers to as “advantaged barrels”, according to Ricardo Bedregal, Executive Director for Upstream LATAM at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Speaking on the...

Guyana attracted US$2.1308 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2025, almost entirely in its oil and gas sector, according to new data from the Bank of Guyana. The report shows that oil and gas continues...