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30 contractors already registered on new local content opportunity portal

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Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat (LCS) has created a new portal to help streamline opportunities for locals available in the country’s oil and gas industry. The portal carries a similar interface to the Local Content Registry of local companies. According to...
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Exxon to meet with local suppliers on new opportunities in Guyana

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ExxonMobil Guyana will be hosting a Request For Information (RFI) clarification meeting on August 9, 2022, at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown. The company plans to put in place an agreement for the provision of Integrated Office Facility Management Services. The...
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Chamber taps gov’t for easier access to financing, strengthening local content law

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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), led by President Timothy Tucker, met with Guyana’s Attorney General, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, Tuesday to discuss several legislative matters critical to the advancement of the businesses in Guyana. Of interest to companies...
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Ramps in new bid for local company status

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Ramps Logistics Guyana has made its second attempt at gaining local company status from Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat (LCS) with a new application. The company said that the new application to the Local Content Registry submitted on July 14, included...
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Exxon seeking multiple suppliers in Guyana as operations expand

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ExxonMobil is on the hunt for multiple suppliers for a host of local services as its oil and gas operations in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block rapidly expands. Its Guyana affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), plans to put...
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US$100M to be invested in international oil and gas institute – Guyana President

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Upskilling Guyanese to adequately service Guyana’s massively expanding oil and gas sector is a priority of the Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali-led government. In seeking to achieve this goal, President Ali announced Thursday that over US$100 million will be invested...
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Ramps says will meet Local Content Secretariat’s reasonable demands

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Ramps Logistics says it will accede to document requests made by the Local Content Secretariat, in its bid to be placed on Guyana’s Local Content Register. It said this in a statement after receiving a letter from the Secretariat’s Director,...
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Gov’t warns Ramps it must submit documents that are not misleading

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One day after it held a media conference demanding answers, Ramps was told by the Guyana Local Content Secretariat that the onus is on it, as an applicant, to submit documents that are not false or misleading. Ramps had applied...
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Ramps had threatened Guyana customs regulator with lawsuit over $20M fine

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After being fined GY$20 million for breaching customs law earlier this year, Ramps Logistics had threatened the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with a lawsuit if it did not return the fine. The letter dated March 4, 2022, from its attorney-at-law,...
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City Chamber says ‘rent-a-citizen’ tactics run counter to local content law

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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) says disapproves "rent-a-citizen" and "fronting" tactics potentially being used by companies operating in Guyana's oil and gas sector, because such tactics run counter to the spirit of Guyana's local content legislation.  In...
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