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‘No competition’ – Trinidad ready to support Guyana’s oil refinery but seeking investors for…
Guyana wants to build its own oil refinery and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Energy Minister Stuart Young believes that this does not place the two countries in competition with each other despite Trinidad’s own interest in finding a new…
EPA officially monitoring offshore activities with use of satellites
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Natural Resources have partnered with Maxar Technologies to monitor offshore petroleum and environmental activities with the use of satellites.
Through the three-year…
Guyana & Trinidad to restart working group needed to push energy cooperation
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) are resuming talks focused specifically on energy cooperation in a bid to leverage the resources, facilities and expertise in both countries, Guyana’s Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat said.…
Artificial island, wider Vreed-en- Hoop shorebase for December completion
The artificial island, being established off the coast of Vreed-en-Hoop, and the wider shore base slated for construction there to support oil production offshore, is on track for a December 2023 completion.
This project, deemed Guyana’s…
Guyana wants own oil refinery but keen on gas partnership with T&T – Bharrat
Though Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says his country's oil refinery is available for use, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat says the nascent oil producer is keen on building its own refinery.…
Jagdeo hopes Indigenous communities spend US$22M from forest deal on income-generating ventures
Toshaos - Guyana’s Amerindian leaders - will on Wednesday engage Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on the disbursement of the forest-saving payments allocated to Indigenous communities.
Ahead of that meeting, Jagdeo said those leaders,…
Trinidad a ‘viable option’ to refine Guyana’s oil, process natural gas – Rowley
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has been an oil and gas producer for decades and with fewer resources utilising its massive energy plants nowadays, the country’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley…
Three oil blocks per investor in Guyana’s auction – Jagdeo
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Guyana is auctioning off some 14 oil blocks offshore for future development but the country’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said each investor will be allowed up to three blocks.…
To avoid pitfalls, Canada/Guyana Chamber secures partnership with Energy NL
Focused on deriving the best success and avoiding the pitfalls, the Canada/Guyana Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Energy NL, opening vast connections for locals to Canada’s energy industry.…
‘Big thinking only’ – Ali pitches Guyana as a model for global sustainable development
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Though he said Guyana demonstrated global leadership on how natural resources can be sustainably harnessed more than a decade ago, Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali says the nascent oil…