Guyana's Oil Exports Hit a Record US$15 Billion in the First Half

Output above 900,000 barrels a day pushed first-half export earnings to a record, with the government's own take approaching US$2 billion.

Guyana's oil exports reached a record US$15 billion in the first half of 2026, as production offshore the Stabroek Block climbed above 900,000 barrels a day. The government's own share of that trade approached US$2 billion, according to the Department of Public Information.

The figure sits alongside the Ministry of Finance mid-year report, which lifted the full-year petroleum forecast sharply on higher prices and faster cost recovery. Together they describe an economy whose scale is now set less by its own decisions than by the pace at which the Stabroek partners can bring barrels to market.

For the wider Caribbean the question is no longer whether Guyana is rich, but whether the windfall becomes regional capital or stays a national one. Every extra billion in government revenue is a billion that could anchor a regional development bank, a shared fund, or simply more Guyanese demand for Caribbean goods and labor. The export record is the clearest sign yet of how much is now in play.

Source: Guyana Department of Public Information (September 16, 2026). Figures are as reported by that office.