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Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 109 – October 13, 2023 Introduction It has been several months since column 108. Yet, when I told a friend that I intended to publish approximately eight columns over the next few weeks, his immediate reaction was the question: what will you say…

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EEPGL and auditors should explain why total revenue is included in the PSA’s cost function

EEPGL and auditors should explain why total revenue is included in the PSA’s cost function

By Stabroek News October 4, 2022       Dear Editor, In the EEPGL contract, it is specified that Guyana will receive in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), 50 percent of the profits, after EEPGL extracts upfront, and without Guyana’s prior review of the cost, 75 percent of the total revenue as cost. This proportional linkage between total…

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Chris Ram's Articles

Examining the Financial Landscape: Unveiling the Balance Sheets of Guyana’s Oil Contractors

This Article was Published on July 2, 2021 This final column of this mini-series examining the financial statements of the three Contractors under the 2016 Petroleum Agreement, reviews their balance sheets, sometimes referred to as statement of affairs, as at December 31, 2020. The Table below is designed in a similar fashion as the summary…

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