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Local recruitment firm excels at ISO 9001-2015 surveillance

Guyanese-owned company, Strategic Recruitment Solutions (SRSGY) has sustained ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Certification from NSF International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR). ISO 9001certification demonstrates SRSGY’s commitment to quality through its annual surveillance audit in Oct 2021. SRSGY achieved ISO 9001 quality...

Stabroek Block projects accelerating demand for hotel rooms, city houses

Stabroek Block operator, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has indicated that there will be a potential increase in demand for lodging in the Georgetown area as work on its development projects come on stream. This was specifically noted...

20 billion barrels projected at Guyana’s largest oil block; region is hotbed for investments, analyst says

The Guyana-Suriname basin is the most appealing frontier market opportunity in the world and Brazil’s pre-salt reserves are also gaining attention, says a leading market intelligence company studying energy trends in the region. The total projected reserves at Guyana’s...

Exxon targeting 75% Guyanese workforce for Yellowtail oil production vessel – report

After eight years of operations offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil expects around 75% of the workforce on the giant Yellowtail Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel will be Guyanese, starting from an initial 25%. This is according to the Environmental Impact...

Ghana oil production will drop to around 146,500 bpd in 2022 – Platts

Ghana's oil production is set to decline in 2022 as a result of coronavirus-related restrictions, which deferred work programs and other activities in 2020, the head of production at the country's state-owned oil company told S&P Global Platts. The West...

Guyana on brink of becoming one of world’s largest oil holders; careful management is key, says EITI

Recent Atlantic offshore oil discoveries have promised to generate an economic boom for Guyana and its’ citizens, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) said, pointing out that mainly left unexplored until 2015, the nation is now on the brink...

Touchstone makes ‘light oil’ discovery in Trinidad

Touchstone Exploration Inc. on Monday announced the results of the first of three planned production tests at its Royston-1 exploration well which has confirmed a light oil discovery in the lowermost section of the well. The section tested was...

Guyana oil must help supply 24 million bpd demand in 2050, says Vice President

It was in May this year that the International Energy Agency (IEA), one of the most reputable global research institutes on energy, released a landmark report which recommended no new fossil fuel exploration or development if the world is...

Rich countries’ climate policies are colonialism in green

By Vijaya Ramachandran, the director for energy and development at the Breakthrough Institute. This article was first published by Foreign Policy.  With natural gas prices at record highs in Europe, Norway is raking it in. The country is Europe’s second-largest...

The seesaw dilemma: matching Guyana’s labor force with its energy bonanza

In February 2021, the new Guyanese government released the first draft of their proposed local content policy for the energy sector. Local content regulation defines how much local labor is utilized during the development of an industry—a fundamental policy...

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Halliburton Latin America revenue up 22% to US$1.1 billion in Q1 2026

Halliburton reported stronger performance in Latin America in the first quarter of 2026, with revenue rising 22% year over...