By Stabroek News January 12, 2025 The additional claim filed against the government by gas-to-energy (GtE) contractors CH4-Lindsayca is around the US$50m amount of the first claim and will bring the total sum to nearly US$100m. This claim is also tied to soil stability and site accessibility works, Country Manager of the company Humberto Lopez...

Kaieteur News- Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) has joined with international award-winning environmental lawyer, Melinda Janki in urging President Irfaan Ali not to assent to the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill. The Bill was approved in the National Assembly on May 16 by virtue of the government’s one-seat majority in...

Kaieteur News- Dear Editor, …says lack of representation for fisherfolk, other affected parties on Board alarming Kaieteur News- The recent passage of the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill 2025 represents a cancellation of the High Court’s decision for unlimited protection against the costs associated with such a disaster. This is according to...

A man, who said he is the owner of land at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara, has sued the State for trespassing on his property by erecting facilities for the gas-to-energy project, according to court records. Pharmacist Malcolm Carryl has filed an action against Attorney General Anil Nandlall, claiming more than GY$20 million in damages for...

Kaieteur News- Dear Editor, The Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill 2025 is nothing but an all-time brazen scam perpetrated by the PPPC to cancel Judge Kissoon’s decision and it bears out a bold-faced election time deception by the PPPC that they will include unlimited liability coverage in the Bill after waging a...

Kaieteur News- In a groundbreaking decision in a matter filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), High Court Judge Simone Morris has ruled that the indirect effects of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s Hammerhead project will produce carbon dioxide pollution or scope 3 emissions. According a release on behalf of the applicants in the case, these scope...

Kaieteur News- In a groundbreaking decision in a matter filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), High Court Judge Simone Morris has ruled that the indirect effects of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s Hammerhead project will produce carbon dioxide pollution or scope 3 emissions. According a release on behalf of the applicants in the case, these scope...

—Chris Ram says: Clause 21 renders parent company guarantee invalid —Exxon can cite Stability Clause in PSA to dodge responsibilities —Board to be dominated by Govt. appointees Kaieteur News- A thorough analysis of the newly passed Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Law by prominent Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram, has unearthed deeply troubling flaws that...

…final cost still unknown- Winston Brassington Kaieteur News- The first phase of the US$2B Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project has been further delayed to 2026. This is according to Head of the GTE Taskforce, Winston Brassington. On Wednesday, while providing local energy updates at the Guyana Energy Conference, hosted at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, Georgetown, Brassington provided...