Opinion
What the coalition gov’t should say about the Global Witness report
Would it not be refreshing to see the following as a press release from APNU or the coalition government in relation to the recently published report by Global Witness? “…. APNU press release in relation to the recently published Global Witness report on Guyana. Guyana is starting its oil & gas industry from scratch, and…
Bridging Deed sells both patrimony and soul (2nd. Instalment)
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 84 – February 4, 2020 This Column regards the Bridging Deed conceived by some artful legal mind as going to the heart of the 2016 Petroleum Agreement – one of the first major economic acts of the Granger Administration. The handmaiden for the…
Elements of a strategy for oil and Guyana
It may seem to Guyanese that oil issues are coming to a head, that is, to some conclusion. They are not. We have to be prepared for a long and tough slog on our journey to get a fair deal for the working people of Guyana, and to finally start transforming the governance apparatus of…
Bridging Deed sells both patrimony and soul
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 83 – January 31, 2020 This Column has finally been able to put its hands on the Bridging Deed referred to in Article 30 of the Petroleum Agreement signed by the APNU+AFC Government and Esso, Hess and CNOOC/Nexen. The Deed, is frightening in…
Why is Mr Greenidge so riled up and critical about Global Witness and myself?
A day or two ago Mr Carl Greenidge dedicated about 14 minutes of his speech at the APNU campaign in Berbice to criticising an accomplished international anti-corruption NGO called Global Witness, and myself, Jan Mangal, a former adviser to President Granger on oil & gas. In my role as adviser to President Granger on oil…
Exxon tax holiday could cost Guyana US$5b
By some estimates, for the Liza Phase 1 and Liza Phase 2 projects alone, the permanent tax holiday for the biggest oil company in the US could cost Guyanese taxpayers some US$5 billion. That could instead be spent on salaries for teachers and schools, nurses and hospitals, actually reliable water and electricity plants, and better…
Don’t approve Payara plan until Exxon improves deal in big way
Jan Mangal, former Petroleum Adviser to the President, says ExxonMobil’s Payara oil well development should not be approved until it yields big changes to the much-criticised 2016 deal including a higher royalty rate than the current 2%. Mangal believes that while the company has been adamant that changes cannot be made to the Production Sharing…
On The Move With Oil – Party & Fireworks
So the party is on! Now we spote; but we ain’t gat money? How so? Still, we will have fireworks galore.In the meantime, the sugar workers are on the breadline. How indifferent and uncaring! The government appears to be flummoxed, and myopic, not knowing the next step – checkmate. They have done everything wrong regarding…