-Whiptail project receives government approvals; production targeted to begin in 2027 -Sixth Stabroek block development will add capacity of 250,000 barrels of oil per day -$12.7 billion of additional investment in Guyana’s growing economy SPRING, Texas – ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Whiptail development offshore Guyana, after receiving the required government and regulatory approvals. Whiptail, the ...
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Guyana to hire Turkish barge to ease blackouts
The Guyana government is finalising a deal with a Turkish company to rent a 36 megawatt barge, in an effort to satisfy peak electricity demand at a time when several generators are giving trouble, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. Peak electricity demand in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) is just over 170 megawatts but existing generators are pushing just ...
Read More »Caribbean Investment Forum to focus on three platforms
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has crafted a strategy to attract investment in three key areas at the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) to be held in Guyana later this year, a top official said Wednesday. Caribbean Export’s Executive Director, Deodat Maharaj said the event slated for July 10-12, 2024 at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown ...
Read More »European businesses should focus on investment opportunities in Guyana- Ali
-European Chamber of Commerce Guyana launched President Irfaan Ali has told executives of major European Union (EU) companies who participated in that bloc’s first ever trade mission to Guyana that they need to pay keen attention to major investment opportunities here. Addressing the opening of the mission on Monday, he dismissed likely reaction to his concern that the private sector ...
Read More »Guyana, Barbados collaborating to ease shipping congestion from Trinidad- Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that Guyana and Barbados were working to end difficulties in the movement of cargo from Trinidad to this South American nation. Addressing the commissioning of a US$8 million mixing plant of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), a subsidiary of the American company, SEABOARD, the Guyanese leader said steps were being taken to maximise the ...
Read More »EU prepares for first trade mission to Guyana; urges Guyanese to grab opportunities
At least 20 European companies have signaled their intention to participate in the European Union’s (EU) first ever trade mission under the “Global Gateway” partnership initiative with 150 countries, EU’s Ambassador to Guyana, “We would have the very first trade mission coming to Guyana and that trade mission is here under the heading of the Global Gateway,” Rene Van Nes ...
Read More »Guyana running out of coastal land to distribute- Ali
President Irfaan Ali has said that Guyana is running out of large acreages of land on the coastal strip. Speaking at the recently held Guyana-Canada Chamber of Commerce Dinner and Awards, he said, “the reality is that we don’t have that land now on the coast.” He said he asked for pictures of new developments asked for pictures of the ...
Read More »Guyana gov’t, Indian company ink major EPC contract for natural gas liquids, natural gas-fired power plant
The Guyana government and one of India’s leading engineering companies on Wednesday inked a US$155.99 million contract to provide to provide Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for transmission lines and substations for the Natural Gas Liquids plant and the 300 megawatt natural gas power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara, the Indian High Commission said. The deal was inked ...
Read More »Guyana targeted to benefit from new EU project financing model
The European Union (EU) is providing a new model of infrastructure pr0ject financing to Guyana and other Caribbean and Latin American countries that will see the bloc continuing to provide grants with the expectation that international and regional financial institutions will inject massive amounts of cash for larger projects, EU Ambassador to Guyana RenĂ© van Nes said Thursday. “This is ...
Read More »PPP banking on cash grants, housing, new bridge to wrest Linden from PNC-APNU
President Irfaan Ali on Saturday night indicated that his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) was depending on the now GY$40,000 cash-grant per child to take away control of the Linden Town Council from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for the first time at the June 12 Local Government Elections. “If those parents whose children benefit from this policy of ...
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