Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 102 – 24 February 2023. Introduction President Irfaan Ali was visibly upset by the disclosure in the Stabroek News of Guyana’s suspension from the Norway-based Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). The body was formed in London in June 2003 when representatives from governments,…
On Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 the Esso Guyana Media Relations Advisor, Kwesi Isles, stated that the increase of the Liza 1 and Liza 2 projects’ combined output to 400,000 barrels per day was safe. This appears to be the second time in less than a year that an Esso Guyana representative has issued highly questionable…
The Petroleum Papers A webinar event with author Geoff Dembicki, organized by the Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism (CHBE), co-sponsored by energyhumanities.ca and the Petrocultures Research Group. Moderated by Tanner Mirrlees (Ontario Tech University) Thu, March 2, 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST E-tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-petroleum-papers-tickets-531145690057 We warmly welcome you to join us for a The Petroleum…
I did not intend to write this letter, but the emails I sent to where the government and parliamentary websites said to contact them were unsuccessful. I wrote that I should like The Radiation Safety and Security Bill 2022 to be redrafted to incorporate certain considerations, which I am listing for public consultation, which service…
The Department of Public Information has distributed several articles in the last few days in mid-February 2023 about the jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits (33.47 million tonnes of CO2e) awarded by Winrock/ART/TREES to the Government of Guyana on 01 December 2022 and sold immediately to the oil company Hess Corporation (USA). Winrock has failed to respond…
Stories of an Offshore Drilling Moratorium Campaign from Belize DATE: Thursday March 9th, 2023 Time: 6 P.M. Belize time (CST); 7 pm EST; 8 pm AST; 4 pm PST Register in advance for this webinar: https://tinyurl.com/peopleleadleadersfollow DATE: Thursday March 9th After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please share…
I went to the Leonora Technical Institute (LTI) on Friday February 3, 2023 for the presentation of EEPGL’s 6th Development (Whiptail) Project. The in-person scoping meeting was presented by Project Manager Anthony Jackson on behalf of ExxonMobil. He had also presented the 5th Project (Uaru) last year, having landed in Guyana only one day before…
Kaieteur News – Even though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already approved an application by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited – ExxonMobil Guyana – to transport natural gas from the Liza Fields in the Stabroek Block to the Wales Development Site, West Bank Demerara, the operator is still in the process of completing its…
Kaieteur News – This is taking things past the limit. What ExxonMobil is being allowed to do in our offshore oilfields is perilous for this country, criminal in contemplation. The company ramps up production into dangerous territory at certain times, and Guyana goes along meekly, even willingly. Though we have said it before, we will ring…
Kaieteur News – Guyana’s two oil ships—the Liza Destiny and the Liza Unity— were pushed to reach one of their highest production levels in December last year. This occurred in breach of the safe operating limits prescribed in their respective Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). The safe operating limit for Liza Destiny is 120,000 barrels of oil…
