Local Content

The Local Content Secretariat expects the value of local content in Guyana's oil and gas sector to exceed US$847 million in 2025. This marks an increase of nearly US$104 million over 2024. Director of the Secretariat, Dr. Martin Pertab, said...

President Dr. Irfaan Ali made a strong call for Guyanese investors to directly participate in the country’s booming energy sector. Speaking at the 2025 Local Content Summit, Ali laid out a strategy centered on local ownership, risk-sharing, and new...

The 2025 Local Content Summit aims to equip local businesses with the tools, knowledge, and partnerships needed to thrive in the oil and gas sector. Hosted under the theme ‘Collaborate. Invest. Build. Shaping Guyana’s Future Together’, the event will...

Local businesses in Guyana are now providing 100% of several key services to the oil and gas sector, showing advancements in local content development. Dr. Martin Pertab, Director of Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat outlined these achievements at the recently...

Suppliers eager to play a role in Guyana’s oil and gas sector through SBM Offshore Guyana listened earnestly as the company outlined potential opportunities at its Let’s Talk Local Content Forum.  The event capped a week of oil and gas...

The Local Content Secretariat (LCS) has launched the Local Content App, a digital tool designed to improve access to opportunities in Guyana’s oil and gas sector. The app provides real-time notifications on supply and job opportunities, making it easier...

Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat (LCS) will launch its App on Friday, Feb 21, at SBM Offshore Guyana's Let's Talk Local Content forum. The event will cap off an exciting week of engagement on oil and gas activities at the...

SBM Offshore is working to lay the foundation for capacity building and local content development in Suriname as it looks towards delivering the first FPSO for TotalEnergies' Gran Morgu project, set to begin production in 2028. Pierre Gaté, Country...

SBM Offshore Guyana is once again searching for Guyanese talent in the engineering field as it kicks off its Graduate Trainee program.  According to a notice published on its Facebook page, SBM Offshore Guyana said the opportunity is designed to...

Dr. Alicia Roberts, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine, cautions that poorly formed local content laws or policies can create major inefficiencies and delays in the oil and gas sector.  At...