Regulatory News
News and Resources impacting the regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry in Guyana
- 20-Jun-2023
Draft Petroleum Activities Bill 2023
MEDIA RELEASE Gov’t releases draft Petroleum Activities Bill 2023 Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana (June 19, 2022) The Ministry of Natural Resources, on behalf of the Government of Guyana,…
- 16-Jul-2021
Retraction of 2020 guidelines will not affect EIAs…
(OilNow) As public scoping meetings continue in Guyana ahead of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the US$900 million gas-to-energy project, some concerns have been raised about the…
- 08-Jun-2021
Guyana looking to establish beneficial ownership r…
Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has revealed that the Government is moving to create a beneficial ownership register. This was disclosed during his address to Guyana…
- 31-May-2021
Guyana regulators internationally trained to measu…
Guyana’s multi-billion-barrel hydrocarbon discoveries and the start of oil production operations have seen institutions playing being trained to monitor and regulate a sector that was practically…
- 22-May-2021
Exxon to pay US$1.3M for excess flaring –Vice Pr…
Vice President, Hon. Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo today said the Government expects to rake in about US$1.3 million in fees from ExxonMobil for excess flaring. This was revealed during a press…
- 13-May-2021
EPA Issues a Modified Environmental Permit to EEPG…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wishes to advise that the Environmental Permit for the Liza 1 Development Project, Offshore Guyana, was recalled and modified to include specific regulatory…
- 12-May-2021
Notice to the Public - Yellowtail Development Pr…
Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)has submitted an Application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Environmental Authorisation to undertake the following project…
- 29-Apr-2021
Open bidding process for the awarding of new oil b…
– Says Government may consider managing some blocks His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that when the Government is ready to award new oil blocks, the process will be done transparently to…
- 12-Feb-2021
Guyanese entitled to know how much is being earned…
In keeping with its commitment to ensure that all revenues from Guyana’s multi-billion-barrel oil resources are accounted for, President Irfaan Ali said on Thursday his government is now moving to…