SBM Offshore Guyana has taken a significant step towards fostering education with the launch of its Scholarship Programme for Indigenous Women in STEM. The program, unveiled on July 19 in the new oil producing South American country, aims to...

By Tash Doimen & Dr. Terrence Blackman - OilNOW The world’s newest major oil producer, Guyana, is a hot topic in D.C. today. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited the country in early July, marking only the second time...

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) has awarded scholarships to four students from Guyana to pursue studies in Petroleum Sciences in China for the academic year 2023-2024. These four promising scholars—Nechemiyah Levans, Aria Matthews, Ishika Singh, and Nazeela Williams—are the...

Guyanese Achieving Together Enterprises (GATE), a consortium of local catering and food service operators, has purchased a substantial equity stake in Newrest Guyana, the country's premier offshore caterer and food supplier to the oil and gas sector. This acquisition comes...

Over 1,000 eager Guyanese turned out to the Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) Career Fair at the West Demerara Secondary School on July 9, with the company managing to hire several on the spot.  Vacant positions ranged from Excavator Operators,...

As anticipation builds for an upcoming roundtable discussion on the opportunities in Guyana's upstream petroleum industry, officials are gearing up to utilise the event as a platform to promote Guyana and attract international interest in its burgeoning oil sector....

Fifteen teams in Guyana are set to compete in the 2023 Innovation Challenge organized by the Office of the Prime Minister's Industry and Innovation Unit. The challenge, launched on Tuesday by Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, is being...

While Guyana’s former Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman is now expressing support for a renegotiation of the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) which governs one of the world’s largest oil fields, the contract will remain intact. This...

More oil and gas development means more workers needed - 30,000 by 2024, according to Rystad Energy’s estimates, a significant increase from previous years. And this is just for South America’s operations and maintenance (O&M) workforce.  The Norway-based independent research...

SBM Offshore Guyana’s recent Vendor Day activity saw a commitment of over 700 hours of training and US$37 million in contracts for local suppliers.  The company met with 70 representatives of local businesses at the event, which is an integral...