Oil & Gas
Agri., tourism & housing key as Int’l Energy Conference back from Feb. 14 next yearThe inaugural International Energy Conference and Expo, held in February this year, has been hailed as a resounding success and…
‘Think international’ - President tells local businesses, companiesPresident Dr Irfaan Ali charged local businesses and companies on Saturday to think about achieving international standards which would require…
Guyana expecting US$ 106M from first Liza Unity oil liftGuyana is expected to earn some US $106 million (or GY $22 billion) from the sale of its first one…
Guyanese consortium to design & build US$300M shore base facility to support Exxon projectsBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] In what has been touted as a win for Guyanese local content efforts, NRG Holdings -…
Swamped with interested investors, Guyana considers forming nat’l oil companyBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] With a prolific Stabroek Block generating confidence in further oil finds offshore Guyana, the government is…
Six proposals submitted for oil refineries in Reg. 6The government has received several investment proposals for the establishment of oil refineries in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne; a…
Region Six set to transform; another deep water port plannedAnother deep water port, which will be able to accommodate large cargo vessels and position Guyana as a hub for…
GOGEC discusses investment opportunities with DY Patil Group and AshokaPresident of the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) Manniram Prashad on Monday met with the chairman Dr. Ajeenkya…
Hotels, shopping malls for former GuySuCo lands at Palmyra- JagdeoWith proposals in hand, Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has announced plans to develop lands formerly owned by the Guyana Sugar…
More than $125B spent with local businesses- Exxon HeadSince 2015, oil giant ExxonMobil and its direct contractors have spent about US$600 million (or GY$125 billion) procuring goods and…
Exxon earmarks US$10B to develop Yellowtail; now seeking approval for 5th projectExxonMobil plans to spend US$10 billion (about GY$2 trillion) at its recently approved Yellowtail project, in the Stabroek Block offshore…
Gov’t, Esso sign Production License for Yellowtail; hailed as largest single investment to dateSee full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources: The Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited…
Yellowtail, Exxon’s fourth offshore project, gets environmental approvalThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave its permission for ExxonMobil to move ahead with the development of the Yellowtail project…
Six-month training for oil spill response wraps up with joint exerciseThe Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in collaboration with the National Oil Spill Committee on Wednesday conducted an oil spill response…
Foreign companies already manipulating local content laws – PSC ExecutiveBy Kurt Campbell [email protected] Chairman of the Trade and Investment Committee of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo on…
Gas-to-energy project can help Guyana counter infamous ‘Dutch Disease’- Regional EconomistBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] The infamous ‘Dutch Disease’ is one that Guyana has been warned about in the development of…
Fmr. CDB economist backs new gas plant to solve Guyana’s power problemsBy Vishani Ragobeer [email protected] The generation of electricity in Guyana- rated as unreliable, unstable and expensive- has resulted in some…
Many proposals coming in for oil refinery here – Pres. AliPresident Dr Irfaan Ali has reiterated his government’s full support for the establishment of an oil refinery here, noting that…

