Feb 05, 2023
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2023, 21:41 by Denis Chabrol Three persons- who won a High Court case that blocks Slumberger Guyana Inc (SGI) from carrying on radioactive work at its Houston, East Bank Demerara location-have reminded an environmental consultancy that the company could not restart operations unless it is legally permitted to do...
Feb 04, 2023
By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), commonly referred to as ExxonMobil Guyana has selected its longtime partner and London-based consultant, Environmental Resources Management to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its sixth project in the Stabroek Block- the Whiptail development. The credibility of ERM came under scrutiny...
Feb 03, 2023
Last Updated on Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:26 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Thanks Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Vickram Bharrat (Minister) for disclosing that the long overdue, much-anticipated, audit report of Exxon’s US$7.3B in expenses is on tap for March. That is, March 2023. What was initially scheduled for September 2022, then December...
Feb 03, 2023
– say oil company did not meet all legal requirements, call for end to pattern of lawlessness Kaieteur News – Two Guyanese women are of the firm conviction that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) breached the law when it issued an environmental permit to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. (EEPGL) for the US$2B Gas-to-Energy...
Feb 02, 2023
Last Updated on Thursday, 2 February 2023, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol Despite repeated efforts by the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for a specific date by which government would release the final investment plan and other documents about the gas-to-energy project to parliamentarians, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Thursday...
Feb 02, 2023
Last Updated on Thursday, 2 February 2023, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil, which is the operator in the Stabroek Block, would be conducting studies this year about the natural gas deposits that are offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil Guyana’s Projects Manager Anthony Jackson said. “We have committed to develop and submit a gas utilisation study, a gas...
Jan 28, 2023
Kaieteur News – In the absence of a key provision in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Guyana has with oil giant ExxonMobil, the company is allowed to deduct expenses from oil projects that are yet to commence operation. That clause – ‘ring fencing provision’ – serves as a shield and prevents burdensome expenses from being...
Jan 25, 2023
United States oil giant Hess Corporation on Wednesday announced that another oil find was recorded in the prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. That “significant new oil discovery” was from the Fangtooth SE-1 well. Hess said approximately 200 feet of oil bearing sandstone reservoirs was found. It adds to the estimate of more than 11 billion...
Jan 16, 2023
Kaieteur News – Local oil and gas workers are disappointed and discouraged after a US multimillion dollar contract to provide subsea equipment for Guyana’s fifth oil project, Uaru, was awarded to a foreign-based company, despite having the capacity to build in country. The workers who spoke with this publication complained that while ever so often...
