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Energy Chamber welcomes ‘one of Guyana’s most compelling national budgets’

The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) said on Friday it welcomed the country’s 2022 National Budget presented this week, reflecting the government’s commitment to ‘creating a progressive and equitable society’ for all Guyanese. “GOGEC wishes to thank the...

Guyana’s first national budget backed by oil revenues to be presented today

‘People-centred and geared towards transformation’ are the words being used to describe Guyana’s first national budget set to be presented today in Parliament which will be backed by some of the more than US$600 million in oil revenues now...

Audit of Exxon’s post-2017 costs in Guyana will move forward – oil minister

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has confirmed that the Government of Guyana is continuing its search for auditors to examine ExxonMobil’s 2018-2020 costs. In his written responses to questions relating to the audit, Mr. Bharrat told the National Assembly...

Guyana to make first drawdown from oil fund for 2022 budget

Guyana’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday that the government intends to use some of the proceeds from its US$607 million Natural Resource Fund to finance the government’s budget for the fiscal year 2022. Guyana has been borrowing...

Tristar to acquire additional 300 acres of land for major shorebase project in Guyana

Guyanese company Tristar is in the process of acquiring an additional 300 acres of land in Versailles, West Bank Demerara. OilNOW understands the 300 acres will support the operations of the West Demerara Shorebase project with options for storage...

Lau Lau-1 is Exxon’s largest discovery by depth in Guyana; almost three times the height of Marriott Hotel

To date, there have been more than 20 major discoveries in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The largest of them by depth is Lau Lau-1 which was announced on January 5 by the American multinational. The Lau Lau-1 well...

Oil money to back youth-led agri programme in South America’s newest hot spot

Even though Guyana’s hydrocarbon sector has dominated the spotlight since its emergence in 2015, the Irfaan Ali-led government is determined to demonstrate that the South American country will not be solely dependent on oil. Just last week, President Irfaan Ali...

Twelve FPSOs delivering over 1.5 million barrels of oil per day could be on the horizon, says gov’t official

A senior government official told lawmakers last week that Guyana must prepare for a massive uptick in demand for a range of goods and services driven by what can become a 12-FPSO, 1.5 million barrels of oil per day...

Exxon expects benefits from massive Guyana offshore operations to reach across country

Now in its second year of oil production, Guyana’s oil and gas industry is still in its infant stage. The massive operations offshore are driving exploration activities across several blocks and production at the giant Stabroek Block where ExxonMobil...

Resolutions and solutions

Another year has come to an end, and we are now in two days into 2022. As is customary, the last few days for many would have been spent reflecting on 2021 and whether or not goals were achieved...

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Zero routine flaring systems standard on Guyana’s FPSOs, cutting emissions through gas reinjection

Systems to prevent routine flaring are standard across major offshore developments in Guyana. Integrated systems on floating production, storage,...