Afro-Guyanese couple awarded 2 oil blocks

International Group Investment Inc. (IGI), a 100% Guyanese owned and operated company, was recently deemed eligible for two shallow water blocks called S5 and...

Oil spill in Payara field could affect Trinidad, Venezuela, other territories

Should there be an uncontained oil spill in the Payara field of the Stabroek Block, it could reach Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and other...

EPA defends appeal against High Court ruling on parent guarantee from Exxon

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to come to the defence of its decision to appeal a High Court ruling demanding that ExxonMobil’s affiliate,...

Demand for oil recovering – Wood Mackenzie Chairman

The demand for oil would have suffered an unprecedented blow with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, falling an astonishing 21 million barrels a...

Former TIGI Head sues EPA over “illegal” permits to ExxonMobil

Former Head of Transparency International Guyana Inc. (TIGI), Dr. Troy Thomas has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing to ExxonMobil's subsidiary, Esso...

Oil exports to grow by an annual average of 48.5 percent over 2020–2023-IDB Report

The Inter-American Development Bank has disclosed in its latest assessment of Guyana’s first-quarter performance that it projects oil exports will grow by an annual...

Ramjattan releases preliminary audit report flagging US$214M in questionable expenses by ExxonMobil subsidiary, partners

Esso Exploration and Production Limited (EEPGL), the local subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation which operates the Stabroek Block in Guyana, has been flagged for unsound...

Former EPA Head lambastes PPP/C Govt. for weakening ExxonMobil’s environmental permits

Upon examining the modifications made to the Liza Phase One Permit by the PPP/C Government, former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr....

Int’l Organisations call out Oil companies on silence amid election controversy

Several human rights, environmental, and democratic organisations are calling on oil companies operating in Guyana to add their voices to the ongoing elections debacle...

Patterson tables proposed amendments to Petroleum Activities Bill

Shadow Minister for the Oil and Gas Sector, David Patterson, has proposed a number of amendments to the Petroleum Activities Bill 2023, set to...

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