I write with reference to Darsh Khusial’s letter titled: “What evidence is there of an EITI extension?” in SN edition of Feb 24th. Darsh Khusial has done some excellent research – looking up those websites – and now demanding proof from President Ali that an extension had been granted. One of the characteristics of the…
In media reports on February 23rd, 2023, President Ali claims that Guyana received an extension for EITI report that is due for the fiscal year 2020. However, on the EITI website, https://eiti.org/countries/guyana, Guyana’s status is listed as “Suspended for missing deadline”, if as President Ali claims, an extension has now be given, why is Guyana’s current…
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…
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…
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…
I noted with interest the use of taxpayers’ money by the Department of Environment and Climate Change for a full-page advertisement in the Stabroek News, ‘Erroneous forest carbon analysis by Dr Janette Bulkan’, (06 January 2023). This undated ‘public release’ advertisement addresses only 4 of the points made in the SN Daily Feature ‘Jurisdictional forest-based…
