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Guyana for early elections

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Just over a year before the South American country of Guyana welcomes its proceeds from offshore oil and gas resources, it has been plunged into political turmoil. The Guyana Government which enjoyed a one-seat majority, was on Friday night defeated...
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ExxonMobil named Explorer of the Year

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ExxonMobil said today that it has been named 2018 Large Cap Company of the Year and Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council in recognition of excellence and innovation in the global energy industry. Brad Corson,...
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Guyana ahead of USA and Russia in 2018 oil discoveries

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Guyana leads the way ahead of industry giants the United States of America and Russia in terms of barrels of oil equivalent (boe) petroleum discoveries for the year 2018. According to a report from Rystad Energy, “2018 stands already as...
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CNOOC inks cooperation agreements with 9 international oil companies

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CNOOC Limited on December 18, 2018 announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed Strategic Cooperation Agreements with 9 international oil companies including: Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Husky, KUFPEC, Roc Oil, Shell, SK Innovation and TOTAL. As...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers submitted EOI for ExxonMobil cost recovery audit

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the Government of Guyana (GoG) for a cost recovery audit consultancy in relation to ExxonMobil’s exploration activities in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. “We have the right experience, the...
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Guyanese business group calls for swift implementation of local content framework

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The Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) is calling for the swift implementation of a local content framework within which local businesses can operate and meaningfully benefit from opportunities in the emerging oil and gas industry. Speaking at the Liza...
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Inter-generational equity and the rationale for Guyana’s “Sovereign Wealth Fund”

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The policy of investing resource revenues in reproducible capital suggests irresistibly that some appropriately defined stock is being maintained intact, and that consumption can be regarded as the "interest" on that stock (Solow 1986). Since the discovery of oil and...
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Tullow eyeing potential 4 billion barrel ‘game changer’ off Guyana coast

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United Kingdom based oil and gas exploration company Tullow is confident that it will strike oil off the Guyana coast where it has a 60% equity in the Orinduik Block and 37.5% equity in the Kanuku Block. Tullow’s Executive Vice...
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Guyana ratifies conventions to protect against oil spills – Greenidge

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Guyana’s ratification of several international conventions has been approved by Cabinet. These are aimed at, among other things, strengthening the country’s legal framework for the emerging Oil and Gas industry. This was announced by the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl...
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Hess to plug hundreds of millions into Guyana operations in 2019

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Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) said on Monday it intends to plug several hundred million dollars into exploration and development operations offshore Guyana in 2019 as part of what the company describes as its ‘peak spend year’ for the Liza Phase 1...
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Exxon gives back portion of Stabroek Block to Guyana government

ExxonMobil and its partners in Guyana have relinquished 2,534 square kilometers of the Stabroek offshore oil block to the...

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