Anadarko restates interest in drilling for oil

The Anadarko delegation (left) meeting with the government delegation. Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman is third from right. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

US company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has restated its interest in drilling for oil offshore Guyana.

The visit here last week by company officials came in the wake of a significant oil find by ExxonMobil in Guyana’s waters earlier this year.

In 2013, Anadarko had been engaged in extensive work prior to drilling in Guyana’s western waters when a