Oil will not have transformational impact when govt. systems are weak- Economist

Promising transformational impacts from the looming oil wealth in the short or medium term, without lending any consideration to the poor state of governance...

Venezuelan incursion forces Exxon to halt seismic operations

An incursion by the Venezuelan military today in Guyanaโ€™s territorial waters has forced American oil giant, ExxonMobil to halt its 3-D seismic operations on...

Guyana not getting the most from foreign advisory services on oil and gas -Petroleum...

Petroleum Advisor to the Government, Matthew Wilks, is of the firm view that Guyana is not getting the most from foreign advisory services on...

Guyanaโ€™s model PSA must allow Govt. to pay surprise visits to petroleum facilities-GRA Head

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia is pleased that the newly established Energy Department is pursuing the creation of a...

Guyana govt. failing it’s people for sake of Exxon, allows company to hide development...

โ€œIn Uganda, the United States, Singapore, Pakistan, and 30 other countries, citizens have access to the development plans of ExxonMobil and all other oil...

Republic Bank establishes Petroleum Committee

With the goal of โ€œmeeting the banking needs of a new breed of clienteleโ€, Republic Bank (Guyana) has established an internal Oil and Gas...

Guyana basin may hold up to 10 B barrels of oil equivalent reserve-Wood Mackenzie...

Outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), there are only 10 other countries which produce more than one million barrels of...

Nation receives no assurance of systems to protect oil money โ€“Opposition MP

Deliberations on the current and capital estimates for budget 2019 are set to close today. Yet, most ministers have said little or nothing about...

Local authorities clueless on skills needed for oil sector

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is โ€œappalledโ€ that the Government of Guyana has been receiving millions of dollars from donor partners like the...

Two years laterโ€ฆGuyana still without Upstream Oil and Gas Policy

Since 2016, the Ministry of Natural Resources was entrusted with the responsibility to complete an Upstream Oil and Gas Policy for the nation. But...

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