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Women in O&G: Latoya Jack shares her journey to success in Guyana’s newest industry

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By A. Bacchus Women’s History Month is observed in March, and it celebrates the contributions of women to events in history and society, I recently learned. International Women’s Day was also recently celebrated under the theme ‘Break the bias’, and...
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Capitalising on networking opportunities

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By A. Bacchus In early 2018, I was fortunate enough to attend the first oil and gas conference and exhibition that was held in Guyana. At that point in time, ExxonMobil had made about six viable discoveries, and it was...
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Local Content: Start streamlining – Career guidance should be a necessary part of the education system

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By A. Bacchus The oil and gas industry will be here for at least twenty years. Local content has been one of the hot-button issues from the inception, and the need for locals to occupy this sector remains an objective...
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Local Content: Where are the jobs, you ask?

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By A. Bacchus I was sitting in a class recently when a colleague expressed in utter vexation, “they’re giving all the jobs to foreigners.” The conversation was delving into industries and the policymaking in Guyana, and like the new-norm, oil...
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Guyana’s first local content institute to train over 1,000 persons per year

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Early next year, the Guyana government intends to establish its first National Training Institute that will focus on increasing the nation’s local content footprint in the oil sector. Noting this recently was Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. The former...
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GCCI says ‘overwhelming’ number of infrastructure, other work being handled by foreign-owned companies

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Guyanese private sector body, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Friday renewed its call for the government to table legislation covering local content but stressed for this to be done before the end of 2021. In a...
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Big opportunities for farmers in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, supplies already going offshore

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The offshore exploration and production operations in Guyana have been creating growing opportunities for suppliers of goods and services, including those outside the oil and gas industry. In fact, since the first discovery in 2015 when it became apparent...
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Establishing local content law is popular with citizens, but not always effective – AMI analyst

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An expert at Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) says oil firms operating in Guyana and government should meet regularly, in good faith, to discuss constraints facing the companies in the country and develop long-term targets and commitments that go beyond...
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Clear realistic local content policy helpful to investors -Greg Quinn

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With local content legislation now being conceptualized in Guyana, outgoing British High Commissioner, Greg Quinn, has said that a clear and realistic policy will be most helpful to investors.  Speaking with OilNOW about immediate priorities for Guyana's oil and gas...
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Push for rigorous training, establishment of joint ventures to build local content capacity – Consultant

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Canadian consultant Rob Strong spoke to OilNOW about local content development back in 2018, and made a comparison with the Newfoundland and Labrador oil and gas industry, which he thinks Guyana could learn from. This is what he had...
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