Guyana’s oil fund climbs to US$5.5B

The balance in Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) at the end of the third quarter of this year reached approximately US$5.5 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance.

This comes as Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, on Wednesday presented the Notification of Receipts to the National Assembly of all petroleum revenues paid into the NRF from July 1, 2026, to September 30, 2026, in keeping with Section 33 (2) of the NRF Act 2021.

Based on receipts tabled in the House, more than US$1.7 billion of the US$5.5 billion was earned during this three-month period from Guyana’s shift of profit oil. There were three oil lifts in July, 10 in August and nine lifts in September from ExxonMobil’s four offshore operations in the Stabroek Block.