Oil & Gas
Appeal Court overturns decision on financial assurance dispute, rules in favour of ExxonMobil, EPA
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), overturning a 2023 High Court judgment delivered by Justice Sandil Kissoon concerning financial assurance requirements under ExxonMobil’s offshore petroleum environmental permit. In the earlier decision, the High Court ruling had found that ExxonMobil was in breach of...
An ‘energy balance’ needed: Guyana’s Ali makes case for strategic investments globally
By Vishani Ragobeer in Houston As thousands of industry professionals gathered in Houston, Texas for the 2026 Offshore Technology Conference...
OTC 2026: President Ali leads Guyanese delegation, visit to oil refinery planned
Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, will lead a delegation of about 100 officials and private sector players at this year’s...
Dolphins, whales among animals found offshore by Guyanese team
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy A team of 10 young Guyanese spent six days offshore Guyana identifying the larger animals found...
With new oil find, Gov’t again pledges to enhance local content, transparency
See statement below from Ministry of Natural Resources on new oil find: Guyana currently has the 3rd highest oil reserves...
ExxonMobil finds more oil, increases oil resources to 10 billion barrels
SEE FULL STATEMENT ISSUED BY EXXONMOBIL: IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the...
GOGEC onboard International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2022
The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has formed a strategic partnership with the International Energy Conference and Expo...
GYSBI to hire 150 people at career fairs
In response to the growing labour demands in the oil and gas sector, the Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) will...
Locals being bypassed, preference given to foreign companies – GCCI complains
See full statement from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) below: The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and...
Case to halt ExxonMobil’s operations put off until June 2022
The constitutional climate case, which challenges fossil fuel production in Guyana on the grounds that it exacerbates global warming and...
GOGEC encouraged by efforts to push local content
(Statement by the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber) President of the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) Manniram...
Gov’t offering over 14 post-graduate scholarship programmes for oil, energy sectors
The Government has promised to mandate quotas for Guyanese in the oil industry, to ensure they have strong avenues to...
CARICOM leaders expected at Guyana energy conference
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Some leaders of countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), alongside other high-level participants and businesses,...
GCCI embraces local partners and local content in the production of GEC-X
See below GCCI statement: The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is pleased to announce its partnership with the...
Guyana exceeding nine billion barrels of oil equivalent resources
Guyana is now expected to exceed nine billion barrels of oil equivalent resources from its oil reserves offshore Guyana following...
New oil vessel sets sail for Guyana; production to begin in 2022
The Liza Unity floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will operate in the oilfields offshore Guyana, has set...
ExxonMobil finds more oil offshore Guyana in Pinktail well
IRVING, Texas– ExxonMobil today said it made a discovery at Pinktail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Pinktail well...
Environmental permit granted for US $600M Vreed-en-Hoop shore base facility
The construction of the $600 million shore base facility at Vreed-en-Hoop on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) could get...
EPA increases charge for flaring at oil ship
Flaring levels at ExxonMobil’s Liza 1 Development has been significantly reduced to six million standard cubic feet (mscfd) per day,...
‘High-level’ int’l oil and gas conference set for February- GOGEC
See below the full press release from the Guyana Oil & Energy Chamber (GOGEC): The Guyana Oil & Gas Energy...
Over 2,800 Guyanese supporting Exxon’s activities in Guyana
At the end of June 2021, a total of 2,865 Guyanese have been supporting the activities of oil giant ExxonMobil...
