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Guyana’s oil not another’s feast

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Guyana has always cherished its co-operation and collaboration with our sister CARICOM states. But the gap between talk and action breeds much skepticism about the regional integration project. For instance, I recall, as Agriculture Minister, the battles we fought...
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A decade after oil discovery! The bold steps, the mistakes, the lessons, and the future

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Like Guyana, the first major oil discovery was made in the West African country of Ghana in the same year the country celebrated its 50th Independence Anniversary. The hope was that oil revenue would help to advance the country's growth...
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Guyana’s President vows to align oil transformation with green agenda

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Guyana’s President, David Granger, says his government is committed to ensuring that the transformation expected from the oil and gas industry is closely aligned with the country’s green development agenda. Addressing the opening of the 71st Sitting of the 11th Parliament...
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Berbicians briefed on Exxon business centre services

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ExxonMobil’s Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) in Guyana on Monday met with residents and members of the Berbice business community at the Berbice Chamber of Commerce in New Amsterdam. This meeting follows a series of similar meetings with business...
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This is us!

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There is a television drama series with a catchy title –This Is Us! and it struck me that as Guyanese we have peculiar traits that define us and make us standout especially how we react to different situations. I...
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Kosmos farms into Equatorial Guinea with three new contracts

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The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, Kosmos Energy of the US and national oil company GEPetrol have signed three new production sharing contracts (PSC) for Block EG-21, Block S and Block W offshore Rio Muni. The...
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Ghana former oil executive to deliver public lecture in Guyana

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Theophilus Nyamko Ahwireng, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Commission of Ghana will deliver a public lecture in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday, October 23. The lecture, titled "The National Petroleum Commission, resource management, governance and sustainable development of...
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Train the trainers worked for gold, it can work for oil – McLean

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Former Human Resource Manager of the now defunct Omai Gold Mines Limited, Norman McLean, believes that an effective approach for the delivery of local content in Guyana’s emerging oil and gas industry is to implement a system that allows...
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Ground Structures building state-of-the-art facility with lab for offshore investigations

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Ground Structures Engineering Consultants (GSEC), a Guyanese firm specializing in geotechnical engineering and environmental services, will soon open the doors to its new state-of-the-art 10,000 sq. building housing offices and a soils and material laboratory. GSEC is in a partnership...
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Exxon bets on Brazil; buys 10 oil blocks in auction

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(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp vastly expanded its presence in Brazil on Wednesday, winning 10 blocks in the country’s 14th round of bidding for oil exploration and production rights, helping the cash-strapped nation fetch a record 3.8 billion reais...
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‘Business as usual’: No disruption in Guyana’s operations despite Venezuela controversy – GCCI Pres.  

Kathy Smith, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), has made it clear that there has...

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