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15 Guyanese receive training to work on Noble Bob Douglas Drillship

A total of 15 Guyanese recently completed courses in Basic Safety Training (BST) and Ship Security Awareness (SSA) as part of the requisite training and certification needed to qualify them to be employed on the Noble Bob Douglas Drillship. The...

GIPEX registration approaching maximum capacity; organisers prepare for grand opening

With just 24 hours remaining before the inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition and Summit (GIPEX) begins, organisers say registration is approaching maximum capacity, even as more persons look to sign on to participate in the signature event. “For the inaugural...

Guyana ‘sweet crude’ revives dreams in once thriving Bauxite town

A number of persons in the mining town of Linden in Guyana on Friday benefited from training to help build their capacity in the oil and gas industry. ExxonMobil’s Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD), in its bid to...

Public engagement underway for Liza Phase 2 environmental authorization

Officials from ExxonMobil Guyana were part of a team that recently met with stakeholders in Regions Five and Six for discussions on the impact of a potential Liza Phase 2 Development project. This Public Scoping Mission is being hosted in...

Uncertainty as $3.8B Egina FPSO vessel approaches Nigeria

(All Africa) There are palpable fears that the position of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to bar the much-expected Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel from the Nigerian waterways may jeopardise the multi-billion-dollar oil project. Egina Floating Production and...

Opposition Leader calls for resignations amid revelations “advance payment” received from ExxonMobil

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on Guyana’s Ministers of Finance and Natural Resources to immediately resign from government over the revelation that a ‘signing bonus’ was in fact paid by ExxonMobil. The former President now Opposition Leader and General...

Exxon Mobil Q3 2017 Highlights

Headquarters Irving Texas United States Website: corporate.exxonmobil.com/en Local Office 99 New Market Street North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Guyana Tele No: 592 231-2866 Exxon Mobil Q3 2017 Highlights Earnings of $4 billion increased 50 percent from the third quarter of 2016. Earnings per share assuming dilution were $0.93. ...

O&G manpower provider farms into offshore catering

Oil and gas manpower services provider El Dorado Offshore (EDO) is collaborating with the Carnegie School of Home Economics in Guyana, for the creation of a training programme in Offshore Catering and Hospitality. Sixteen candidates, between the ages of 19...

‘Iwokrama collaboration fits with our core value of science, protecting the environment’ – Exxon

ExxonMobil Country Manager in Guyana, Rod Henson, says collaborating with Iwokrama International Centre is in keeping with the company’s core value of science and protecting the environment. Henson was at the time speaking to a number of persons gathered on Wednesday evening...

Exxon forged ahead despite Venezuela aggression, multiple risks – Persaud

In addition to the routine nature and types of risks involved in petroleum exploration and production, US super-major ExxonMobil was also faced with the prospect of aggression from Venezuela while it was searching offshore Guyana for oil. Writing in his...

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Energy Chamber Head urges Guyanese youths to embrace long-term opportunities in oil sector 

President of the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC), Manniram Prashad, has called on Guyanese youth to embrace...