As a follow-up to several bilateral engagements, a technical high-level team from the oil-producing nation of Ghana will soon visit Guyana to review amendments to the nation’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) law as well as its draft Local Content...

A key player in Guyana’s business community is sounding a dire warning that if swift action is not taken to implement local content legislation, Guyanese will continue to lose out on major procurement opportunities for the offshore oil developments. “I’ve...

President of the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC), Manniram Prashad, said on Monday the organisation welcomes the comments made by President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, that by next year the company is moving almost all its...

By A. Bacchus – OilNOW There’s a national song that I recited weekly in school, with a chorus that has over the years been used as a motto for quite a few movements— “Can we do it? Yes, we can.” ...

The President of the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) Manniram Prashad says the third annual Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX) set to be held next month is an “anti-local content event”, hence his organization...

A revised draft Local Content Policy has been the focus of intense consultations in Guyana since February, and it is expected that an updated version of this document will form the basis for a local content framework that would...

For the first time, local organisers will be fully spearheading an energy conference that is set for September 28-29, 2021, and that event—the Guyana Energy Conference and Exhibition (GEC-X ’21)—will place keen focus on Guyana’s energy mix as a...

The following is an opinion piece by David Blackmon, an independent energy analyst/consultant based in Mansfield, TX., published in Forbes on February 13, 2021.  The question of local content inevitably becomes a significant factor anytime oil companies move into a...

The Guyana Oil and Gas Virtual Summit, which is slated for December 1-3, 2020 will be placing keen focus on local content and increasing the participation of women in Guyana’s oil and gas sector. Organised by CWC/Global Future Energy Limited...