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Ramps may have made misleading submissions in breach of Local Content Act, could be fined GY$10M – source

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Ramps Logistics may have made misleading submissions in its application to be on Guyana’s Local Content Register, among several breaches of Guyana’s Local Content Act, OilNOW understands. The company has opened itself to a fine of GY$10 million, because of...
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City Chamber says ‘rent-a-citizen’ tactics run counter to local content law

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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) says disapproves "rent-a-citizen" and "fronting" tactics potentially being used by companies operating in Guyana's oil and gas sector, because such tactics run counter to the spirit of Guyana's local content legislation.  In...
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Ramps says legal action on the cards over local content spat

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Ramps Logistics’ chief executive, Shaun Rampersad came out in defense of the efforts it made to receive a Guyana local content certificate, including divestment of 51% of the company to a man with Guyanese citizenship named Deepak Lall. This...
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Business group says it fully supports ‘strong action’ against companies skirting local content law

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Guyana’s Private Sector Commission said on Wednesday that it supports the government taking “strong action” against companies trying to circumvent the Local Content Act. The Act was passed in December, and contains provisions aimed at increasing Guyanese participation in the oil...
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Guyana mulls court action against companies trying to bypass local content laws

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Guyana’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says the government is mulling court action against international firms which are trying to circumvent local content laws. “A lot of foreign companies are trying to beat the law,” the Vice President highlighted during...
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Leading by example, ExxonMobil’s local content centre now ISO 9001 certified

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The Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) has been making strides over the years to grow with Guyana's nascent oil and gas sector and now, the Centre has been ISO 9001:2015 certified. The Centre's journey to ISO 9001 began back...
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IHS Markit applauds local content law, as Guyanese go after billions in oil investments

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IHS Markit said Guyana’s government should be lauded for successfully avoiding over-demanding or unrealistic targets that would delay investment before developing expertise in measuring and coordinating industrial development actions. This comment comes as locals go after billions in investments being...
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Guyana to conduct national year-end capacity assessment to update local content law – Bharrat

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Guyana will be undertaking a review of its local capacity in support of oil and gas operations by the end of 2022 to determine whether the 40 schedules outlined in the Local Content Policy need to be adjusted. “This will...
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No need for Guyana, Trinidad to be at each other’s throats about local content laws – Rowley

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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley said there is no need for his government and Guyana’s to be at each other’s throats about Guyana’s new local content laws. “What the government of Trinidad and Tobago tried to...
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Guyana – The local content spat – dangers of inattention

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By Wilberne Persaud - OilNOW A few weeks ago, a regrettable faux pas pushed Guyana’s Local Content Policy (LCP) into news headlines across the region. The Act seeks reasonable retention of benefits generated by activity in the oil sector for Guyanese...
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