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Operating and proposed projects in the Stabroek block. Esso, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, began exploring the off-shore region in 2008. [10] In May 2015 ExxonMobil announced discovery of more than 90 metres of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs about 200 km off the coastline, [11] considered to be one of the largest crude oil discoveries of the past decade. [12]
Stabroek was the old name of Georgetown, Guyana, between 1784 and 1812, and was the capital of Demerara. Stabroek is currently a ward in the centre of Georgetown. Stabroek is currently a ward in the centre of Georgetown.
Stabroek Market is widely known as the biggest market location in Guyana, where many sellers go to make a living. The market has attracted a great variety of business owners, whose wares range from jewelry to clothes to produce. Stabroek Market is filled with customers every day and is known for its clock located at the top of the building.
West of Stabroek Market is the Port of Georgetown, the largest and busiest shipping point in Guyana. Stabroek Market itself contains the Ministry of Labour as well as the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security. It is also the host facility for the equally famous Stabroek markets.
The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, a Catholic non-profit hospital, [7] and the headquarters of the Guyana Police Force are located in Kingston. [ 8 ] The Kingston West area has the second highest concentration of Government Offices after Brickdam, Stabroek.
In 1798, it was a coffee plantation owned by Erve Weber & Co. [4] A cemetery was established there, people began to settle in Werk-en-rust, and it became an extension of Stabroek by 1799. [3] By 1812, Werk-en-rust was one of eight wards of a city called Germantown.
[83] [84] However, since this would give Chevron control of Hess' 30% interest in the Guyana oil fields, Exxon protested and claim to have a right of first refusal to acquire those assets. [ 85 ] In March 2024, Exxon and CNOOC , the third partner in the offshore Stabroek block, filed arbitration cases with the International Chamber of Commerce ...
The Stabroek News is a privately owned newspaper published in Guyana.It takes its name from Stabroek / ˈ s t æ b r uː k /, the former name of Georgetown, Guyana.. It was first published in November 1986, first as a weekly but it later changed to a daily print newspaper. [1]