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UK Analyst and Guyanese Economist say high royalty rate could make Guyana less competitive

UK-based data analytics and consulting company GlobalData and a Guyanese Economist both say the scope for an upward adjustment in the royalty rate under Guyana’s current model Production Sharing Agreement is limited and warns that increasing this beyond a...

Guyana did not receive signing bonus from Frontera-CGX farm-in – Dept. of Energy clarifies

When Frontera Energy Corporation acquired a 33.33 percent share in CGX Energy’s license for exploration in the Corentyne and Demerara offshore blocks in 2018, the Guyana government did not receive revenue from this deal since it was a business-to-business...

Ramps Logistics secures full integrated contract with Tullow for Guyana drill campaign

Ramps Logistics has secured a fully integrated cross-border logistics contract inclusive of shore base provision and management, marine agency, personnel logistics, freight forwarding and customs brokerage, with UK-based Tullow Oil for its upcoming Guyana drill campaign. Further to this, a...

100% Guyanese workforce preps Saipem shore base for first shipment of pipes offshore

The first shipment of pipes for the Liza field to be loaded directly from the Saipem shore base facility, sitting on the eastern bank of the Demerara River in Georgetown, took place over the weekend, marking a significant step...

2019 high impact exploration starts with a bang: Guyana leads with 2

In the first few weeks of 2019 there have been four high impact discoveries of conventional oil and gas, finding 25% of the high impact volume discovered globally in the whole of 2018, says Westwood Global Energy Group. One of...

Tullow farms into Comoros

Tullow Oil plc which has a 60% working interest in the Orinduik block offshore Guyana, announced on Thursday that it has agreed with Discover Exploration Ltd to farm into Blocks 35, 36 and 37, offshore the Union of the...

Tullow looking to strike oil offshore Guyana next year

Independent oil explorer Tullow is confident of stronger crude output next year due to increased drilling in its West African assets and hopes to strike oil at its block in Guyana, exploration director Angus McCoss told S&P Global Platts. Tullow...

Hammerhead appraisal could signal good tidings for Eco Atlantic

“I think everyone hopes to be the next Cove, but the only one that really offers something like that is the Guyana blocks,” said Ashley Kelty, a Cantor analyst. “That’s the closest to Mozambique that we’ve had for a...

Eco Atlantic says Guyana prospect contains approximately 3 billion barrels of oil and gas

(Reuters) - A prospect operated by Tullow Oil off Guyana contains an estimated 3 billion barrels of oil and gas, its partner Eco Atlantic said on Tuesday, as the two firms prepare to drill in the Latin American oil...

Incompetence, greed and fear main reasons petro-countries do badly – Anthony Paul

High levels of incompetence, greed, and the fear of making tough decisions are the primary reasons countries rich in petroleum resources do badly. So says Managing Director, Principal Consultant of Association of Caribbean Energy Specialists Ltd. (ACES), Anthony Paul. Paul,...

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With Dragon gone, could Guyana be a potential gas source for TT’s spare capacity? 

An April 28 article by the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago floated the idea of Guyana being a...