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New Guyanese recruitment firm eyeing opportunities in O&G

100% Guyanese-owned Strategic Recruitment Solutions (SRS) is gearing up to offer a range of manpower services with special focus on the South American country’s emerging oil and gas sector. Through an “ethics first” approach the company is aiming to be...

Fmr CXC Registrar calls for overhaul of curriculum to cater for O&G

Senior Assistant Registrar (retired) for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr. Gordon Harewood, said Guyana is on the verge of exciting times in the history of the country. Speaking at a workshop for Senior Education Officials on curriculum review at...

Guyana vows to honour ExxonMobil deal as countdown to first oil begins

Speaking at a reception on Tuesday to mark the start of the development phase of Liza Phase 1 in Guyana, the country’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, said responsible governments do not arbitrarily redefine contract terms with a company...

Liza Destiny contractor ramping up human resources in Guyana

ExxonMobil’s prime contractor SBM Offshore; the company that is building the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) for oil production in Guyana, is looking to fill a number of positions as preparation for first oil gets underway. Through its...

Qatar Petroleum buys stake in Exxon’s Argentina shale assets

(Reuters) - Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement on Sunday with Exxon Mobil to acquire a 30 percent stake in two of Exxon’s affiliates in Argentina, giving QP access to oil and gas shale assets in the Latin American country. The...

Total determined to drill Amazon Basin despite Greenpeace protest

Total (NYSE: TOT) is determined to push ahead with its plans to drill for oil in the Amazon Basin, it said on June 1 as Greenpeace activists interrupted its annual general meeting in protest at the project. The French oil major...

ExxonMobil spuds first development well for Liza Phase 1 in Guyana

ExxonMobil spudded the first of 17 wells for the Liza Phase 1 development in Guyana on May 8 in what is being described as a landmark occasion by the company. The first well also happens to be a ‘producer...

TechnipFMC seeking multiple services for Guyana operations

ExxonMobil Guyana Tier 1 contractor, TechnipFMC, is inviting companies to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a number of upcoming opportunities in the South American country. The company is in search of logistics, procurement and transportation services, inclusive of ground...

Guyana part of ExxonMobil’s ‘richest portfolio of investment opportunities’ – Woods

ExxonMobil’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods told shareholders during the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday that it has put together the richest portfolio of investment opportunities since the merger that brought together Exxon and Mobil some 20...

Political partisanship ‘biggest mistake’ for Guyana’s Sovereign Wealth Fund – former MP

A former Member of Parliament (MP) in Guyana believes that political partisanship poses the greatest threat to the establishment and effective management of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in the soon-to-be oil producing South American country. Delivering a presentation on...

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Guyana edges closer to world’s largest oil producer per capita

With just a few weeks before August arrives, Guyana inches closer to becoming the world’s largest oil producer per...