Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 104 – March 10, 2023 Introduction Following a question raised in the National Assembly by Opposition MP Mr. Ganesh Mahipaul, ExxonMobil’s Country Manager Alistair Routledge, emboldened by his increasingly comfortable relationship with the PPP/C, reacted to Mahipaul by declaring that the approximately US$160…
Further to the various public pronouncements about the gas to energy (GtE) pursuant to the Environment Permit (EP) granted to EEPGL, on behalf of the Stabroek Block Partners, and also pursuant to the publications on the gas to power published by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s website inter alia, I decided to do…
Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has over time repeatedly lambasted former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for signing the worst permit, that authorized the development of the country’s first producing oil field—Liza I. In fact, the former Head-of-State, now Vice President, over time proffered publicly that it was his administration that would…
Please allow me to respond to ExxonMobil Guyana’s Media Advisor, Kwesi Isles, who you quoted in your article ‘Surveys in Demerara River approved by EPA for pipeline works – Exxon’ in KN on March 01, 2023. I appreciate that the capital-intensive nature of the petroleum sector forces a ‘hurry, hurry’ approach, exacerbated in Guyana by…
What is in danger of being lost in the furore surrounding the temporary suspension of Guyana’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) is that unless the Government mends its ways, it is courting more serious sanctions. Recognizing that the ultimate authority in the EITI is the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) is the critical issue at stake. A…
