In keeping with Guyana’s strict Local Content regulations, the Guyana Shore Base (GYSBI) is on the hunt for local vendors that fit the 40 sectors outlined in Schedule 1 of the Local Content Act. “GYSBI has committed to this undertaking to...

Ramps Logistics Guyana Inc. has brought forward a claim that the company was denied its Local Content certification even though it met all the requirements set. “The recently passed Local Content Act stipulates that a company must have a local content certificate...

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has called on contractors, sub-contractors and licensees operating in Guyana’s oil sector to devise more timely payment plans for local businesses. This news comes on the heels of a slew of complaints that...

Guyana's Ministry of Natural Resources has hired a group of firms, for a four-month period, to audit the costs of the Exxon-led Stabroek Block consortium for the period 2018-2020. A local consortium was hired, consisting of Ramdihal and Haynes Chartered...

A major ExxonMobil contractor, TechnipFMC, is gradually building a pool of local companies that can support its work in Guyana, said Area Director for Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad, Nicolas Sicard. “Nowadays, we have a pool of nearly 70 Guyanese-owned companies...

Months after the passing of Guyana’s landmark Local Content Act, Chairman of the Building and Infrastructure sub-Committee of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Edward Boyer is urging businesses to report promptly, cases in which capable Guyanese are overlooked for foreigners in...

As oil and gas operations continue to ramp up in Guyana, the number of Guyanese servicing the sector has been rapidly increasing.  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Darren Woods said over 3,500 Guyanese have been...

Cognizant of the difficulties some local companies have been facing over the years in accessing finance from commercial banks in Guyana, Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says the government will soon have a meeting with financial institutions on allowing...

The Government of Guyana intends to pass on direct instructions for local companies to submit their bids for oil contracts net of taxes so that they can have a competitive advantage against foreign suppliers. This is according to Vice...

President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge says the company has had a safe year of operations in line with its commitment to “Nobody Gets Hurt”. Recalling the safety performance for the year, he disclosed that there were hundreds of...