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Guyana celebrates 1st oil shipment after major discovery

by Associated Press
| February 21, 2020 12:05 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government on Thursday prepared to sell its first barrels of oil after the discovery of large quantities of oil and gas near the South American country’s coast nearly five years ago.

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