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WRI: Questions on your congratulatory message on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022

News EditorDecember 24, 2022January 2, 202311 mins

Dear Dr Ani Dasgupta Ani.dasgupta@wri.org We noted with surprise a congratulatory message attributed to WRI on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022 (Department of Public Information (2022) ‘Sale of carbon credits: $157B for investments in low-carbon development across Guyana’, Department of Public Information, 21 December. Available at: https://dpi.gov.gy/sale-of-carbon-credits-157b-for-investments-in-low-carbon-development-across-guyana/) ….

Nigel Hinds

Malcolm X projected as a Guyanese: Speaks on Race, Voting and Oil Resources

News EditorDecember 22, 2018February 7, 201901 mins

The history of Guyana and progress of Guyana have been weighed down, bugged down, and riveted down by racism. We must accept our racial differences, without being discriminatory, while continuously trying to burnish and enrich our differences in allowing for integration of citizens into the social, political, economic, civic and cultural attributes of our Guyaneseism,…

Alfred Bhulai

The oil companies are aware how to monitor and transmit information even if the gov’t doesn’t

News EditorAugust 5, 2021August 9, 202102 mins

On Sunday we read that Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that government has nothing to hide and will be transparent in all oil and gas-related matters, and that he has suggested that the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) set up a portal for the publishing of real-time information, but that initiative has not been taken…

Opinion

Signing bonus should be returned to ExxonMobil – Goolsarran

News EditorDecember 11, 2017December 15, 201701 mins

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the controversial signing bonus that the government took should be returned to ExxonMobil as it cannot be considered as legitimate. See more here

Joe Persaud

Seventeen reasons why the ExxonMobil contract should be renegotiated

News EditorJune 27, 2022June 28, 202201 mins

In my opinion, this contract should be considered null and void for the following interim reasons:1) This contract was not made in good faith, good intention, is biased and is not consistent with minimum international contracting requirements, practice, guidelines, procedures and laws.2) This contract is a production sharing contract/royalty (PSA), where Guyana is technically a…

Jerry Jailall

We look forward to the road revolution

News EditorJanuary 23, 2022February 23, 202202 mins

As the Government prepares to gobble up the entire NRF fund, let’s make sure we engage in a massive infrastructural program. At least, we will have something to show for our money. This “Road Revolution” as the Government calls it, will be a “tipping point” for Guyana and is transformational. When I lived in the…

Jan Mangal

Don’t approve Payara plan until Exxon improves deal in big way

News EditorJanuary 26, 2020February 1, 202002 mins

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…

Darsh Khusial

Gov’t should begin treating oil costs the same way it handles the budget

News EditorSeptember 24, 2020April 27, 202102 mins

On social media, one can find many speeches by members of parliament debating the 2020 budget for Guyana. The budget outlines the allocation of money to the major activities that keep the country running. Issues such as how much will be spent on health care to the amount of dollars pensioners will receive are determined…

We urge President Ali to renegotiate the contract for the Stabroek Block

News EditorAugust 7, 2020October 3, 202002 mins

We congratulate Dr Irfaan Ali on becoming the 9th Executive President of Guyana. In the history of our nation, this is a transformational moment given our recent discovery of an abundance of energy resources. What he does over the next few years will set the direction of Guyana for decades. We were elated when on…

Jan Mangal

Guyana must “bite the bullet” and pay for highly skilled professionals

News EditorNovember 13, 2017December 19, 201801 mins

Petroleum Advisor to Guyana’s President, Dr. Jan Mangal, says the South American country’s government needs to take firm steps towards “opening the doors” to professionals as part of a policy to attract skills which are badly needed in the emerging oil and gas industry. “The Government really needs to bite the bullet and pay for…

Declare the daily production of oil and gas

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #26: Government should take over Hess’ 30 % share

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #19: Crude Reality; The average teacher’s Salary is NOT a livable wage

Local Content in oil industry must be measured in value

Indicators raised by Mr. Bhagwandin are irrelevant

Response to criticisms of TIGI’s claim that the petroleum contracts are in breach of the Procurement Act

WRI: Questions on your congratulatory message on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022

Malcolm X projected as a Guyanese: Speaks on Race, Voting and Oil Resources

The oil companies are aware how to monitor and transmit information even if the gov’t doesn’t

Signing bonus should be returned to ExxonMobil – Goolsarran

Seventeen reasons why the ExxonMobil contract should be renegotiated

We look forward to the road revolution

Don’t approve Payara plan until Exxon improves deal in big way

Gov’t should begin treating oil costs the same way it handles the budget

We urge President Ali to renegotiate the contract for the Stabroek Block

Guyana must “bite the bullet” and pay for highly skilled professionals