Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 140 President Irfaan Ali enjoys his encounters with international journalists, including BBC’s Steve Sackur and more recently New York Times’ International Climate Correspondent, Somini Sengupta. While the President has ably navigated the questions posed to him, he has benefitted from some important questions…
WHEN oil companies sell the oil and gas that they extract from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), over 80% of the revenue is paid to third-party contractors for goods and services. These contractors are often international companies that get paid in foreign currency which they take out of T&T. Many of these foreign companies pay little…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 138 – September 28, 2024 After years of dithering and delays, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC-R) recently unveiled a 20-point plan – more a statement of intent – for managing Guyana’s fast-moving oil and gas sector. This plan, coming eight years after…
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Last week I called out the political leaders for their timidity and dishonesty for hiding behind “sanctity of contract”. Someone pointed out that I seem to have spared Shuman’s Liberty and Justice Party and the United Force (if it exists). That was an oversight. The response to last week’s column was silence from the political…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 136 Over the past three weeks, this Column has shown how the PPP/C has reversed its pre-election promise to review and renegotiate the 2016 Petroleum Agreement. But it actually did worse – reversed its commitment to an independent Petroleum Commission, failed to provide…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 135 This is the final part of an adaptation of a talk I gave last July at a forum sponsored by the US NGO Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN). The thrust of my contribution was that the Government’s excuse for reneging on…
Concerns: PWSI Waste Treatment Plant – Coverden East Bank Demerara Yesterday, we were traumatized to be informed by Mr. Joel Bhagwandin that the PWSI Waste Treatment Plant started its operation at Coverden some five (5) months ago, which will mean that processing of petroleum waste started either April of May 2024; oblivious to Coverden and…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 133 Introduction This column is an adaptation of a presentation I made at an OGGN sponsored activity in New York last July 27. OGGN is a US registered NGO with its membership drawn from the Guyanese Diaspora in North America, Europe and the…
