The circuit breaker box controls the electrical energy in your house. Electronic devices in your house ranging from microwaves to televisions would be reduced to ornaments if the circuit breaker box malfunctions. This critical box is installed in your house, not on your street. You wouldn’t want criminals to easily disable the lights and alarms…
The assets of Esso Guyana will be insufficient to cover the costs of a major oil spillLast year, Afghanistan bodies were falling off American jets, filled with Americans, as the planes accelerated up into the sky. Those images depict how quickly America will abandon a country that appears financially worthless to it.If we have a…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 101 – September 16, 2022 More than three years ago, and even before the first barrel of oil was produced, the 2016 Petroleum Agreement signed by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana limited (Esso) and Hess and CNOOC, its Joint Venture partners, concluded its…
I follow with daily frustration, the widespread misunderstanding of Full Liability Coverage which is being misconstrued as full liability insurance. There is no such thing as “full liability insurance”, since it is unrealistic for any insurance company to underwrite such a large sum. Thence, it was most painful to watch our Honourable Ministers argue against…
The Open Letter below from fifty-four (54) Guyanese was addressed and delivered by Email and by Hard Copy to Mr Kemraj Parsram, the Executive Director of the EPA and to Mr Omkar Lochan, Chairperson of the EPA Board of Direc-tors; and to Ms Pradeepa Bholanath, EAB Chairperson and EAB Members Dr Garvin Cummings and Mr…
Allan A. Fenty says: ‘Mind you re-negotiation can happen if ever an oil giant knows it will still be reaping whirlwinds of profit on investments. I have some gut feeling that Exxon and its subsidiaries are not such” (SN August 26th). Mr. Fenty’s statement is filled with ambiguity, wishy-washy; very uncharacteristic of him. Do not…
By Stabroek News August 16, 2022 Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to the letter dated August 14, 2022 written by Joel Bhagwandin, Financial Analyst, captioned, “The points raised by Dr. Hunte were discussed more comprehensively in another report.” Having read the Financial Analyst response, I have one comment that is best…
Dear Editor, In a letter to Stabroek News published on August 6, 2022, Ms. Janelle Persaud, writing in her capacity as Media and Communications Manager for ExxonMobil Guyana, insisted that “Rod Henson, as the former President of ExxonMobil Guyana, never signed any document with Dr. Adams, in his capacity as a prior Executive Director of…
The impact assessment of the cumulative effects for Exxon’s planned 35 Multiwell Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Drilling Programme should fill major gaps of the four existing EIAs including a much more detailed study of the marine environment than was previously done, says environmentalist Janette Bulkan. On July 19th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that…
