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Oil to Soil: O&G services company farms into agriculture

A company specializing in the provision of manpower resources and a range of other services to the oil and gas industry is investing big in agriculture development in Guyana. The JSL International Group of Companies has to date invested a...

Canadian O&G trade mission due in Guyana expected to be first of many – High Commissioner

Over 19 Canadian companies are expected to be participating in an oil and gas trade mission to Guyana during the week of September 11-15, which, according to outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux, could be the first...

Become “oil smart” urges US Ambassador

US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, is calling on all Guyanese to become oil smart. The Ambassador's call came just days before yet another discovery was announced by US super-major, ExxonMobil, off the Guyana coast. “This is a tremendously,...

IMF team in Guyana advising on Fiscal Responsibility Framework

Guyana is continuing to receive support from international organizations in the development of policies to successfully manage the emerging Oil and Gas sector, with the recent assistance coming from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF has been in the South...

Petroleum Commission set to play critical role in Guyana oil & gas industry

Once established, the Petroleum Commission of Guyana will assume a lead role in monitoring and regulating the efficient, safe, effective and environmentally responsible exploration, development and production of petroleum in the South American country. The Commission will be tasked with...

Guyana signs onto OPEC fund

Guyana’s private sector is set to benefit from new avenues for finance and investments with the signing of an Agreement for Encouragement and Protection of Investment with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). The country’s Minister of Finance, Winston...

Halliburton looking to open office in Guyana

Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, and a team of technical officers of the Petroleum Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources met with Mr. Jeffrey Miller, President and CEO of Halliburton, and his team at the Ministry’s...

Trotman says Guyana is “right on target” with preparation for first oil

“We are not in a sprint, we are in a marathon” were the words echoed by Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, at the opening of ExxonMobil’s Centre for Local Business Development on Thursday. The US supermajor’s Country...

ExxonMobil opens ‘100% Guyanese outfitted’ business development centre

US supermajor ExxonMobil officially declared open its Centre for Local Business Development in Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday. This new facility will assist small and medium-sized Guyanese businesses with building their capacity and improving their competitiveness in the oil and...

Smart investment of oil revenues could create significant jobs – US Deputy of Mission

Significant jobs and prosperity await Guyana, but only if revenues from oil production, set to begin in 2020, is invested wisely. Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Guyana, Terry Steers-Gonzalez, says the time for policy makers...

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GranMorgu FPSO construction hits 27% as Suriname targets first oil by 2028

Construction of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform for Suriname’s GranMorgu project has reached 27%, state oil...