Three bids from two bidders were opened on 17 September 2026 for Guyana's natural gas liquids storage and offloading facility. Lindsayca Guyana Inc priced two options, at US$537.1m and US$493.4m. China CAM Engineering Co Ltd priced one, at US$27.97m.
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Guatemala's Congress passed two fuel measures eleven days apart. One suspends the taxes, one caps the price and pays importers the difference from a Q2.5 billion fund. Together they commit about Q5.8 billion, or US$762 million. President Arevalo must decide on the second.
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The United States launched the Andes-Atlantic Corridor on 23 September 2026, its first such corridor in the Western Hemisphere. The State Department says deals will be advanced excluding non-market actors. Argentina's foreign minister said there is no conditionality.
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GCCI President Kathy Smith asked the government on 24 September 2026 to monitor foreign oil contractors more closely and tell Guyanese firms more. Section 11(5) of the Local Content Act has required the state to publish an extract of every approved local content plan since 2021.
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President Trump has backed banning US diesel exports. Guyana imports all its fuel, mostly American. Its own crude is 34.5 per cent jet, kerosene and gasoil by volume on the ministry's assay, and a refinery to turn it into fuel was costed at US$5.2 billion with a negative return.
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President Ali met the US Export-Import Bank's chairman in New York on 21 September 2026 and named six Guyanese projects. The next day the same bank signed Argentina a framework worth up to US$7 billion through 2027.
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Petrobras and Mozambique's state hydrocarbons company signed a two-year memorandum in Rio de Janeiro on 22 September 2026, covering joint studies, development, commercialisation and technical expertise. Guyana has no state oil company to sign one.
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Guatemala's Congress voted 148 to suspend value added tax and the petroleum products tax on gasoline and diesel until 31 December 2026. Diesel is estimated to fall Q6.34 a gallon, about 83 US cents, from Q47.00 (US$6.16) to Q40.66 (US$5.33).
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Guyana rents 96 megawatts from two floating power plants at 9.5 US cents a kilowatt hour. That is the rental only. The fuel the state buys adds 8.8 to 10.5 cents, taking the true cost close to what a household pays.
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The Falkland Islands Government extended every offshore oil production licence by five years, with two further years at its discretion and the stated support of the United Kingdom, five days after an Argentine judge ordered the Sea Lion field halted.
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President Abinader said the Dominican Republic will know its rare-earth reserves by end-2026, test a refinery in 2027 and export in 2028. The deposits are in Pedernales bauxite. Guyana, also a bauxite producer, is still mapping and has no critical-minerals law.
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Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat says gas at Wales can support two power plants totalling 600 megawatts, a propane plant and a data centre. The Gas-to-Energy project under construction is 300 MW, and its first turbine, 57 MW, is due around 4 December.
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