The full Global Witness report has now been published. Does anybody still take seriously the estimate of US$168 billion to Guyana from oil production? Or the extra US$55 billion that Exxon is supposed to give up because Global Witness say Exxon can afford it – ignoring the real world where Exxon answers to its shareholders not…
International lawyer and environmental activist Melinda Janki has called on members of the United Nations to request Guyana to halt all oil activities until human rights are protected. The Director of the Justice Institute Guyana (JIG) has also requested that the special rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment be invited to make a visit…
In discussing Guyana’s nightmare oil deal last week, Winston Jordan predicted that Guyana will get “two hundred and something million” US dollars in 2020. He referred yet again to a “2% royalty.” As we all know, the APNU+AFC coalition sometimes has a problem with simple arithmetic and went all the way to the Caribbean Court…
Melinda Janki, an international lawyer, recently criticised the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that governs the Stabroek Block. Stabroek PSA lets oil companies take an unquantified amount from Guyana’s revenue – Melinda Janki It is rife with controversy. It has been called illegal by some because of the circumstances under which the concession was granted, and…
On June 21st, 2019, Melinda Janki presented in NYC. She explained why Guyana is NOT getting a Fair Deal for its Oil & Gas. Due to technical difficulties, the audio for the last few minutes were re-recorded.
Oil companies exist for the sole purpose of making money. To get their vast profits, oil companies have exterminated massive amounts of precious biodiversity through oil spills and petrochemicals, including by-products such as plastic and artificial “fertilisers”. Oil companies have lied about global warming while pushing us into catastrophic climate change. ExxonMobil has been implicated…
