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Guyana has more barrels of oil per capita than any country in the world – Rystad Analyst

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Rystad Energy Senior Analyst, Sonya Boodoo, delivers a presentation facilitated by Guyana's Private Sector Commission on July 10, 2018 at The Symposium Duke Lodge, Kingston, Georgetown.

With eight commercial oil discoveries made since 2015 and just two dry holes, Guyana’s success rate stands at a record 80% while the industry average is 35% in general and 20% for frontier regions.

Senior Analyst at Norway-based Rystad Energy, Sonya Boodoo, told over a hundred attendees at a special presentation on Guyana’s revenue share from oil production held on Tuesday evening in Georgetown, that this success places the South American country at number 12 in the world in terms of discovered resource since 2010. “Guyana is doing really well as a newcomer to the industry,” she said, adding that the 80% percent success rate, “…is very high compared to other offshore regions…the rate here in Guyana is quite impressive.”

Dissecting the discoveries even further, the Analyst said Guyana is also leading the pack when looking at oil discovered in the timeframe since the giant Liza discovery in 2015. “What we see is that Guyana ranks at the highest in terms of offshore oil volumes discovered within that timeframe.” The United States comes in second after Guyana with around 1 billion barrels less than the 3.2 plus billion barrels found so far by ExxonMobil in the Stabroek Block.

 

Boodoo also did a comparison of offshore oil barrels per capita which shows the significance of the resources in the Stabroek Block. “Looking at the metric of offshore oil barrels per capita for countries across the world, what we see is Guyana ranks highest in terms of this metric with 3,900 barrels per person remaining in the ground currently.”

The United Arab Emirates comes in at number two with 2,900 barrels per person. Further comparisons show that Norway stands at 2,200 barrels person, Saudi Arabia 1,900, Qatar 900, Brazil 200 and Trinidad and Tobago 200.

The Analyst, whose presentation was facilitated by the Private Sector Commission of Guyana,  said this represents “enormous wealth” for Guyanese “and it should be treated right for everyone to benefit from it.”

From all indications, this wealth is on an upward trajectory. UK-based Wood Mackenzie says that the potential for more discoveries in Guyana is at an all-time high and expects the current total recoverable reserves, which it estimates to be more than 4 billion barrels, to further increase in coming years.

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If Guyana has all of these resources how come they're still poor or am I delusional and they really have wealth right now. I am a dual citizen of Guyana and America residing in America, will I get any money from the Guyana oil Reserves if I go and live in Guyana-I never worked in Guyana because I was 9 years old when I left with my parents. Are there any provisions for people with mental illness. 

Ronald Anthony Arjune

Ronald, I advise you to stay in the USA where you can get the best medical care. You can also live a safer life in a country with rules and regulations, not a cowboy country where anything goes.

FM
Ronald Anthony Arjune posted:

If Guyana has all of these resources how come they're still poor or am I delusional and they really have wealth right now. I am a dual citizen of Guyana and America residing in America, will I get any money from the Guyana oil Reserves if I go and live in Guyana-I never worked in Guyana because I was 9 years old when I left with my parents. Are there any provisions for people with mental illness. 

Most Valuable Comment on GNI.  Ronald Anthony for President.

Bibi Haniffa
Leonora posted:

Ronald, I advise you to stay in the USA where you can get the best medical care. You can also live a safer life in a country with rules and regulations, not a cowboy country where anything goes.

Didn't you say that Trump's country doesn't have rules and regulations, and they don't like immigrants, or something like that?

Bibi Haniffa
Ronald Anthony Arjune posted:

If Guyana has all of these resources how come they're still poor or am I delusional and they really have wealth right now. I am a dual citizen of Guyana and America residing in America, will I get any money from the Guyana oil Reserves if I go and live in Guyana-I never worked in Guyana because I was 9 years old when I left with my parents. Are there any provisions for people with mental illness. 

You can lobby the government to put more money into mental health. I think mental health issues will get worse in Guyana when the petro dollars start to flow and few only benefit.

Billy Ram Balgobin
DF0CFD0C-881E-4E2E-97EB-7E53813E381DDave posted:

Raphael Trotman is quoted as saying, “Each Guyanese is going to be a U.S.-dollar millionaire, or worth that, in a few years”

Ronald, don’t believe these politician. Stay where you are. 

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FM
Dave posted:

Raphael Trotman is quoted as saying, “Each Guyanese is going to be a U.S.-dollar millionaire, or worth that, in a few years”

Oil barrels per capita. Good news for all dem PNC big boys.

FM

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