Suriname Struck Oil — Now the Fight Is Who Keeps the Money
Suriname opens its energy summit this week with a first local-content forum, but unlike Guyana it still has no local-content...
June 22, 2026Section
The Guyanas
Exxon Plans 35 More Wells Off Guyana as Regulator Opens Public Review
ExxonMobil wants up to 35 new wells off Guyana from 2028 to 2033. The regulator opened a public review and...
June 21, 2026
Suriname’s Oil Dream Inches Closer as a Gas Project Joins It
Suriname's first big offshore oil project is halfway built and a new gas field is advancing, but mixed drilling shows...
June 20, 2026
Europe’s Busiest New Rocket Flies From South America. Who Profits?
A record Ariane 6 launch from French Guiana shows Europe's spaceport hitting its stride, but locals ask how much of...
June 20, 2026
TotalEnergies Says No to French Guiana Oil as Paris Moves to Allow It
As France weighs lifting its overseas drilling ban, TotalEnergies refuses to drill French Guiana oil, leaving the boom basin's one...
June 19, 2026
How Guyana Plans to Turn Its Gas Into an Industry That Outlasts Oil
Guyana is wiring cheap offshore gas into a Berbice industrial complex of refining, fertiliser and data centres, the bet meant...
June 19, 2026
Guyana Local Content Push Targets Expat-Level Pay for Oil Workers
Guyana local content policy is shifting toward expat-level pay for oil workers and a crackdown on rent-a-citizen deals, raising offshore...
June 19, 2026
Oil Money Is Building Guyana a Real Military From Scratch
Guyana's defense budget has jumped more than eightfold in five years, as oil wealth pays for radar, drones and patrol...
June 19, 2026
US Firms Eye Guyana Alumina Refinery in Push Beyond Oil
A US delegation led by ATALCO is courting Guyana over a Berbice alumina refinery, a critical-minerals play moving the oil...
June 19, 2026