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Chapter #6 – The miscalculation of the licence area
In our previous articles, we have charged that the contract is illegal for the simple reason that at its root the contract is based upon an illegality, to wit, the issuance of the entire area of 26,800 square kilometers under a single licence instead of as the law required, 6 or more independent pieces each…
Dr Dhanpaul Narine’s opening remarks at the Guyana Oil Event in NYC
Dr Tarron Khemraj talks about the political aspects of the resource curse Dr Jan Mangal discusses the potential value of renegotiation Chris Ram discusses the flaws in the oil contracts You can find the other presentations at this event below:
My work is to highlight grand theft of the people’s wealth, main opposition poses biggest threat to oil future
Due to my continued work highlighting grand thefts and forfeitures of billions of US dollars by our politicians past and present, of the oil wealth which belongs to the people of Guyana and which does not belong to the politicians and companies, there have been and will continue to be attempts to discredit my message…
Chris Ram discusses the flaws in the oil contracts
The presentation slides can be found here: http://www.oggn.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/chris_ram_oggn_event_20190601.pdf
Chapter #5 – Dereliction of duty: Exxon as security guard – Part 2
In our last article we presented facts that suggested that the claimed need for Exxon as insurance against Venezuelan hostility to justify the breach of the 60-block maximum per contract was an overstatement to use the most polite word. Today we discuss alternatives to that action taken by the then minister and supported and maintained…
Chapter #4 – Dereliction of duty: Exxon as security guard – Part 1
We continue our analysis of the arrangement with Exxon by looking at the claim that the Venezuelan belligerence was the justification for the selection of Esso/Exxon and that this belligerence constituted special circumstances under Section 13(3) of the Regulations made pursuant to the 1986 Petroleum act. Both governments since the signing of these contracts have…
Chapter #3 – The Illegality at the root of the Exxon Contract
Today we want to examine the validity of the exercise by the minister of the discretion provided by regulation 13(3). Our research shows that no other country in the world has seen it fit to do what our minister did in 1999. The minister at the time used her discretion to exceed the maximum stated,…