‘Black Gold’ For Guyana And Suriname: Blessing Or Curse?
October 17th, 2022
Via Oil & Gas Daily, an article on Guyana and Suriname resource potential: Emerging as potential oil powers while the world seeks to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels, poverty-stricken South American neighbors Guyana and Suriname say they have to cash in while they can. The former Dutch colonies are among the world’s most tree-covered countries, […]
Read more »Guayana: World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Seeks to Diversify Away From Oil
July 26th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on Guyana’s efforts to diversity it economy: Guyana, the world’s fastest-growing economy, plans to use its newfound oil and gas wealth to fund investments in other sectors that will reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons, its president said. The government wants to use the revenues from its massive offshore oil deposits to […]
Read more »Massive Investments in Guyana’s Oil and Gas Industry
April 11th, 2022
Via Merco Press, a report on massive investments in Guyana’s oil and gas industry by Exxon-Mobil Exxon Mobil is investing heavily off the coast of Guyana expecting future production of some 1,2 million barrels per day of oil and gas by 2027. According to the company the fourth oil project production off Guyana will receive […]
Read more »Small Oil Producers Benefiting From Russia Sanctions
March 16th, 2022
Via Asia Times, a report on how smaller oil producers such as Ghana, Guyana and Suriname are benefiting from the Russian sanctions: As the US and Europe cut back purchases of Russian oil, and energy traders shun it for fear of sanctions, the search is on for other sources. Attention has focused on Iran and Venezuela, both of which are led by […]
Read more »World’s Biggest New Oil Find Turns Guyana Upside Down
February 28th, 2020
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a report on the impact of Guyana’s new oil find: To mark the flow of the world’s biggest oil discovery in years, President David Granger declared a new holiday, National Petroleum Day, on Dec. 20. Backed by soothing Caribbean tunes in a video address to his countrymen, Mr. Granger […]
Read more »Guayana’s $20 Billion Question
July 20th, 2018
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Guyana, a largely underdeveloped country on South America’s northern Atlantic coast that is the unlikely setting for the world’s next big oil boom: Guyana is a vast, watery wilderness with only three paved highways. There are a few dirt roads between villages that sit on stilts […]
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