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Judge orders Exxon to lodge US$2B oil spill guarantee, grants stay of execution on previous ruling

Guyana’s Appellate Court on Thursday granted ExxonMobil and its co-venturers a stay to the Supreme Court judgment that required it to provide an unlimited Parent Company Guarantee Agreement/or Affiliate Company Guarantee Agreement.  Failure to comply would have resulted in the...

Asset Managing Giants hold talks with Guyana on being part of oil development

Guyana’s remarkable oil developments have attracted the attention of Black Rock, the world’s largest asset manager, along with other American heavyweights like Bank of America. Top officials from these companies, as well as Hess Corporation, Capital Group, MFS Investment...

Suriname’s deepwater bid round closed

Suriname’s Staatsolie has announced the successful closure of its 2022-2023 Demerara Bid Round, where six blocks were up for grabs.  According to Staatsolie, it received qualified bids for three of the blocks offered from several companies and/or consortia.  “We thank all...

Guyana oil fund closed May with US$1.57 billion

Guyana’s fifth profit oil lift for the year was sold for GY$18.17 billion (approximately US$87 million). A Bank of Guyana report indicated payment for the sale of this lift represented the only inflow to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF)...

EOI out for MODEC mooring services 

Builder of Guyana’s fifth production vessel – Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company Inc. (MODEC) – is seeking Guyanese firms that can provide offshore installation of mooring equipment.  MODEC in a public Expression of Interest (EOI) said it is looking...

Exxon will not neglect its responsibilities in the event of an oil spill– Routledge

Top officials at ExxonMobil Guyana are reiterating that stringent measures remain in place to prevent an oil spill at its Stabroek Block operations. Company officials say in the unlikely event there is an incident, a robust set of tools,...

Suriname having hard time getting oil dollars; Guyana remains attractive – Jagdeo

Vice President of Guyana, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday discussed the challenge the country faces in attracting oil investments, as it contends with 85 other nations vying for similar opportunities via bid rounds. He made the comments in response...

India, Africa, UAE helping Guyana build capacity to manage oil sector

Authorities in Africa, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are stepping up to help Guyana strengthen its oil sector capabilities, said Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo during a press engagement on Thursday in Georgetown. The chief policymaker for the...

Van Oord’s Stingray barge mobilising for Gas-to-Energy project

Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) issued a notice to mariners to navigate with extreme caution, as ExxonMobil moves to commence pipelaying activities.  MARAD has provisioned June 1 - November 1 as the period for these activities. It said the shallow...

Ali asked Lula to intervene on Petrobras’ decision not to bid in Guyana auction – Jagdeo

Petrobras, Brazil’s state oil producer, has decided not to participate in the ongoing offshore licensing round in Guyana. Vice President of Guyana, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo told reporters on Thursday he had a meeting with Petrobras officials in New York,...

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Yellowtail production could climb to 290,000 b/d pending government green light

ExxonMobil Guyana plans to boost production at its Yellowtail offshore oil project by roughly 10% as it conducts a...