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Latest News impacting the Oil and Gas Industry in Guyana

  • 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…

  • 07-Jun-2021
Exxon resumes exploration drilling at Canje Block,…

(OIlNow) Exploration drilling in the Canje Block offshore Guyana continues at the Jabillo-1 prospect located approximately 261 kilometers offshore. The Stena Carron had initiated drilling…

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat (centre) in conversation with ExxonMobil Guyana President, Alistair Routledge (L), Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn (R) and University of Guyana Vice Chancellor Prof. Paloma Mohamed, at the opening of the Saipem Offshore Construction Facility on June 5, 2021, in Georgetown. (Photo Courtesy OilNow)
  • 06-Jun-2021
Guyana oil minister calls on investors to work wit…

(OIlNow) To ensure all stakeholders benefit from Guyana’s lucrative oil and gas sector, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat urged current and prospective investors to work with locals…

President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali at the Saipem facility launch in Georgetown
  • 06-Jun-2021
President threatens to change local content policy…

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday threatened to change  the local content policy if foreign companies continue coming to Guyana to offer services such as logistics, transportation similar…

  • 06-Jun-2021
Guyana’s leverage to be boosted with gas to shore…

(OilNow) A significant reduction in the cost of electricity is not the only benefit that will be accrued from the Guyana government’s multi-billion-dollar gas-to-shore project slated for Wales on…

A tag being placed on the Liza Destiny FPSO fuel meter by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards. The tag protects and maintains the integrity of the system.
  • 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…

Vice President, Hon. Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo
  • 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…

  • 13-May-2021
Annual petroleum business summit goes virtual

–to focus on advancement of local content, participation of indigenous companies (Guyana Chronicle) EVEN though the flurry of physical activities and extravagance will be absent this year, the…