ExxonMobil Corp signalled last week that its Q3 operating profits could dip to US$11 billion before impairments, a significant drop from its Q2 record of US$17.9 billion, according to a recent 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange...

The first photo to hit Facebook was of the vehicle being lifted off a ship and onto a wharf in Georgetown – a sleek, black Model Y Tesla – the first of its kind on Guyana’s shores and a...

Promising world-class logistics services in modern supply chain management, global provider Blue Water Shipping launched its Guyana office this week to tap into the country’s ever-expanding oil and gas sector. Since the first major discovery in 2015 by ExxonMobil, Guyana...

Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC, revealed on Wednesday that the government is pursuing an Arbitration Bill that will resolve disputes in Guyana’s oil and gas sector. This bill, he said, is part...

Suriname’s state-oil entity Staatsolie plans to open an auction for nation’s Demerara acreage, during the fourth quarter of 2022. Staatsolie representatives revealed this at the Guyana Basins Summit (GBS) 2022 currently being held at the Pegasus Suites in Guyana. The...

Earlier this week, Guyana commemorated the 123rd anniversary of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which settled a land boundary dispute which had existed between British Guiana (now Guyana) and Venezuela. A week prior, Venezuela released a statement alleging that Guyana’s pursuit...

By Scott B. MacDonald - OilNOW The Russo-Ukrainian War has been a shock-like wakeup call for Europe over its heavy dependence on Russian oil, gas and coal. As European Union (EU) and other Western countries imposed economic sanctions on Russia,...

Tullow Oil, a company with interests offshore Guyana, says it plans to become a net zero by 2030 on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions. It said it will achieve this through decarbonising activities to eliminate flaring on its operated...

Maersk Drilling said it has secured a contract from Shell Brasil for the provisioning of the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. The contract is expected to commence in March 2023, in direct continuation of the rig’s current...

Record high profits are doing nothing to prompt the sanctioning of new deepwater oil projects, according to Norway’s Rystad Energy. “Despite the high commodity prices and record high profits within the upstream industry, sanctioning of new oil and gas projects...