Opinion
Exxon’s continuous flaring a breach of contract – Int’l Lawyer
International lawyer, Melinda Janki, believes that ExxonMobil’s flaring of associated gas at the Stabroek block’s Liza Phase One operation, appears to amount to a breach of contract. Associated Gas is gas which is produced from an oil field, as opposed to Non-Associated Gas, which comes from gas fields. Article 12.1 of the Stabroek Block production…
Please sign: Guyanese Demand That Guyana’s Laws Should be Enforced on All Oil and Gas Contracts
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Why are we paying US$4.3 billion more for Payara when compared to Liza Phase 1?
If you are lending money, you want to ask yourself two main questions as part of due diligence. The first, can the borrower repay the entire loan when the loan comes due. And, the other, are you being paid a fair interest rate for the risk you are taking on with a particular borrower. On Wednesday, October 28th,…
Ruling on Liza permit shows Exxon, EPA not above the law – int’l lawyer, Melinda Janki
Kaieteur News – International lawyer, Melinda Janki, told Kaieteur News that the ruling of the High Court, bringing Exxon’s Liza-1 environmental permit into conformity with the law, is very important because it shows that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ExxonMobil are subject to Guyana’s laws.“That’s a win for the people of Guyana. This was…
Ruling on Exxon’s Liza permit sets precedent – Khusial
Kaieteur News – Darshanand Khusial of the Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN) has hailed the recent ruling of the High Court on the legal duration for ExxonMobil’s Liza Phase One permit as a good step, and an indication that Guyanese can make real positive changes.The challenge was brought against the environmental permit by former…
Disastrous Oil Deals for Guyana Must be Renegotiated – No Retreat no Surrender
Regardless of which political party is in power, the obnoxious and detestable 2% contract between the Government of Guyana and Exxon’s subsidiary and their partners is deemed to be unnegotiable by the government. Irrational and sad! As it is clear to anyone who is intent on negotiating a fair agreement for Guyana, basic common sense…
Guyana’s share of oil revenues will be a nightmarish low of 14.5% for many years to come
A prudent homeowner, who wanted to sell his house, would gauge what is a fair asking price by surveying the sale price for other houses in his neighbourhood. It would spin in his mind for years, if after the sale, he discovered that he had sold his house for a large discount to what a…
Raphael Trotman is yet to answer, and even to provide a reasonable explanation
“O, what a tangled web we weave…” The PPP/C, upon assuming office, has been convincingly trying to undo many of the iniquities of the former APNU+AFC, mostly revealing the level and scope of corruption, as well as the shortfalls in terms of economic development. The APNU+AFC has sold out Guyana to big oil. Raphael Trotman…
Approval of Payara project by PPP without trying to renegotiate contract for Stabroek block is a very sad event for Guyana
There seems to be some confusion around what was actually approved with Payara in recent days, or what it means. Simply, the approval of the Payara project (or development), which is the third project in the Stabroek Block, is not an oil agreement nor an improvement of an oil agreement, and does not improve the…