Opinion
Flawed oil contract is giving up more than investment bank likely to generate in future returns
On Thursday October 18th, 2018 the Stabroek News published an article entitled `Merrill Lynch interested in sovereign wealth fund’. The investment world has taken notice of the potential wealth that lays offshore in Guyana. The government should study the history of those who seek to bestow advice on how to manage Guyana’s potential windfall. The flawed oil contract…
Ministerial Disregard: Foreign Enthusiasm, Local Contempt in Guyana’s Oil Sector
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded (Part 62) Introduction During the recently-concluded United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, the Guyana Delegation led by Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge facilitated a meeting between the Governor of the Bank of Guyana and representatives of Merrill Lynch, the investment arm of the Bank…
The industrial brands exploring and developing Guyana’s oil & gas “play”
Introduction Last week’s column provided additional data on the first of four features of Guyana’s recent oil and gas discovery; that is, its physical/geological configuration. The column amplified on three attributes: the geological make-up; its location offshore; and, the size or quantum of potential reserves. Today’s column amplifies on the second feature, namely, the project…
We must benefit meaningfully from our resources
Mr Robin Mills, a guru in the oil industry, writing for The National, an online and print media platform, posted on October 8, 2018 that “Guyana may be the next big beast in global oil”. Mills foresees the country emerging as the top per capita oil producer. It is noteworthy that Mr Mills ignored the…
Guyana Pre-Contract Costs & the need for Precogs
(Click on diagram to enlarge.) From a farcical entrapment of the Government of Guyana into being liable for Pre-Contract Costs, outlined in the chart above; costs that under normal conditions are wholly the responsibility of the Contractor Partners in the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement re: Esson, Hess and Nexen.
Call for a Commission of Inquiry into Guyana’s Petroleum Sector: An Urgent Necessity
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded (Part 60) Introduction Following last week’s call for a Commission of Inquiry into the Petroleum Sector, more than a handful of individuals approached me enquiring whether the call was serious and what would be the expected outcome. After the spate of Presidential Commissions of Inquiry…
Local politicians should take a page out of Rowley’s book; get a better contract for your people
Chartered Accountant, Nigel Hinds, is one of the few Guyanese who have not given up on the prospect of the nation securing a better contract with oil giant, ExxonMobil. The recent utterances of the Trinidadian Prime Minister, Keith Rowley to the effect that no contract is set in stone and should always benefit both parties,…
Words of wisdom from PM Rowley
Words of Wisdom from Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister: Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley. Prime Minister Rowley using conscientious and explicit words – stated on Wednesday in Georgetown that contracts are not set in stone and must benefit both parties. Prior to this pronouncement, Prime Minister Rowley coyly said that he did not want to give…
President Granger and Opposition leader Jagdeo should show solidarity and renegotiate this cockroach contract
Prime Minister Rowley using conscientious and explicit words – stated that contracts are not set in stone and must benefit both parties; as published in Stabroek News, dated September 19, 2018. Prior to this pronouncement, Prime Minister Rowley coyly said, that while not wanting to give public advice to his colleagues; then the forthright Prime…
Guyana has been entrapped by Exxon into pre-contract costs which it is not liable for
There has been a farcical entrapment of the Government of Guyana into being liable for Pre-Contract Costs, costs that under normal conditions are wholly the responsibility of the Contractor Partners in the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement re: Exxon, Hess and Nexen. I ask Ms. Kimberly Brassington’s replacement, Ms. Deedra Moe, Senior Director, Public and Government…