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Oil contract gives Minister power to let ExxonMobil take back royalty — GRA Boss
…says was not done but contract does not explicitly rule out recovery Kaieteur News – Oil producing countries across the world have been robbed of their lawful benefits due, through skullduggery involving taxes and royalties to be paid to the tune of billions of US dollars. As such, when the matter of whether Esso Exploration...
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Exxon’s contract on 2% royalty misleading as Guyana bears the burden – Chris Ram
– Guyana bears the burden Kaieteur News – With the revelation that Royalty being paid to Guyana by ExxonMobil Guyana is in fact being recouped by the US-based, operator of the Stabroek Block, it would be apposite to note that the country was warned about the misleading nature of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) at...
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Oil and gas will not make Guyana rich
By Melinda Janki Melinda Janki is an attorney-at-law practising in Guyana and an international lawyer who has worked in over 20 countries. The Renewable Energy Institute in England recently came up with the marvellous idea of a “solar-mechanical energy-generating wheelbarrow system” by which a wheelbarrow would generate electricity as it was rolled along. The rationale...
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Exxon and partners made more money than God …er Guyana
Kaieteur News – By Davina Bagot Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded (By Christopher Ram) (Part 97) It is more than five months since the 96th column was published in the Stabroek News on January 22nd of this year. That column summarised the court action brought by citizen Glenn Lall seeking declarations against...
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Pres. Biden warns Exxon to pay fair share of taxes
Kaieteur News – – Meanwhile Guyana Govt. goes to court to ensure oil company gets tax free ride Kaieteur News – US President, Joe Biden on Friday last, lambasted ExxonMobil Corporation, his country’s largest oil and gas producer, for not assisting with easing supply shortages which have unleashed economic pains on the pockets of American...
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Environmentalist calls on FAO to release study on fish catch
By Stabroek News Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) calling on it to release a study which purports to say that Guyana’s oil and gas industry is not causing the low fish catch being experienced by fishermen here. In a letter yesterday to Julio Berdeague, Assistant Director General of...
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Mineral resources are shared intergenerational assets
By Mike McCormack Mike McCormack is currently a Co-President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and Convenor of the Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), a broad coalition of civic organizations with a common concern for the environment. He functioned as the Oxfam Director for the Andean Region based in Lima in the 1970s and taught...
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ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Environmental Impact Assessment: Still Awaiting Answers
By Stabroek News December 13, 2021 This week we carry the full text of a letter that was submitted on Friday December 10 to Mr. Lochan, Chair of the Environmental Assessment Board and Mr. Kemraj Parsram, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. The letter was signed by the following concerned citizens and participants at...
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The solar alternative for Guyana
By Alfred Bhulai Energy Technologist. Retired former head of physical sciences at the University of Guyana. Principal of Think Engine Institute and Energy Services. Concerned about the good education of the next generations. Currently teaching physics for Texila American University at the Saraswati Vidya Niketan. Of all the energy possibilities, solar power is now the...
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The Environmental Protection Act – how does it deal with grave threats from oil/gas?
By Melinda Janki Melinda Janki is a Guyanese attorney-at-law and an international environmental lawyer. She drafted much of the Environmental Protection Act 1996. She has worked in more than 20 countries. She was an in-house counsel at oil company BP., Guyana’s Environmental Protection Act is a powerful tool that citizens can use to protect themselves...
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