Dr Jan Mangal, former petroleum advisor to President David Granger, has said he advised government against investing in the development of the now shelved onshore oil and gas supply facility at Crab Island, in Region Six, as the proposal did not go through the due diligence needed for the investment, which would have required billions of taxpayers’ dollars.
“There were many other issues on which I believe I advised the President so as to protect the interests of the poor people of Guyana (e.g. inappropriateness of using taxpayers’ dollars to develop Crab Island, need for a comprehensive and independent study of the natural gas opportunity considering impacts of sea-level rise and long-term national development, etc.,),” Mangal wrote in a letter to the Stabroek News, which was published on Thursday.
See more here: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/guyana/11/30/mangal-says-advised-against-crab-island-oil-facility-over-lack-of-transparency/