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Guyana exploited on oil Exploration and Recovery
There are countless flaws in the oil contracts between Guyana and the multinational companies. Guyana has been shafted (exploited or get very little) in the contracts with oil companies as reported so many times in KN.It is reported in KN and the international media that oil companies have paid Brazil some US$2.2 billion for rights…
Response to criticisms of TIGI’s claim that the petroleum contracts are in breach of the Procurement Act
In the Thursday September 12, 2019 edition of Stabroek News (SN), our claim that the award of the petroleum exploration licences was subject to the Public Procurement Act was rejected by the Public Procurement Commission and by Dr. Anand Goolsarran, a former auditor general and past president of TIGI. Our column to which these individuals…
Chapter #8 – Exxon Contract: The public policy issues
In a succinct and elegant statement, Thomas Dye defines public policy as “anything a government chooses to do or not to do” (Dye, 1972: 2). Public policy therefore has a wide reach and affects all sectors of society. It encompasses laws, any actions of government, funding priorities and the regulations that reflect given positions, attitudes,…
Exxon is also robbing Guyana of its independent leaders and columnists
Freddie Kissoon in his Kaieteur News column dated September 5, 2019 stated: “I am bamboozled by the insane frequency of the condemnations of Exxon, but no condemnation of the hate Sanjeev said is currently threatening Guyana.”Another columnist wrote in similar vein of Guyanese condemning Exxon “… your Eyewitness is getting a tad tired with the…
I applaud Govt. for curtailing uncapped interests
Dear Editor, I applaud the government for announcing that ‘uncapped interests’ will not be recovered as expenses in oil and gas exploration and production (KN Sep 12). I salute the media and other forces for being vigilant on the oil industry exposing shenanigans and looking out for the country’s interests unlike some politicians who are…
The truth about the Royalty in the Esso/Hess/CNOOC-Nexen Petroleum Agreement
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 76 – September 6, 2019 Introduction For some time, questions have been raised about the royalty provisions in the 2016 Agreement under which Trotman/Greenidge/Granger partially signed away the birthright of all Guyanese past, present and future. This short column seeks to identify both…