2026
The Prime Minister’s unlawful invitation for US millions
Column 182 (Part 2 – April 25, 2026): The Road to First – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded Introduction Some research carried out this week revealed that the big investment offered Guyanese into the Gas Bottling and Logistics Company in which the Office of the Prime Minister has invited interest of US$1Mn…
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, Chevron, and CNOOC Employ Two-Pocket Accounting to Squeeze Guyana’s Profit Share by US$9.1 Billion
In a recent KN Article (https://kaieteurnewsonline.com/2026/04/19/exxon-and-partners-profits-soar-to-us29b-in-5-years-while-guyana-received-us5-4b-in-50-50-partnership/), it was pointed out that during the period 2020 to 2024, Guyana’s share of profit oil, which should have amounted to 50 percent of total profit (Article 11.4, 2016 PSA), was far less than expected. In fact, instead of Guyana receiving US$14.5 Billion, Guyana only received US$5.4 Billion, a shortfall of…
The Prime Minister’s unlawful invitation for US millions
The Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child must become oil-minded. Column 181 (Part 1) Introduction Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips has served in military uniform at the highest level in the country. And now serves at the second highest level in civilian society. Those offices are often identified with personal virtues like…
Solar power vs. expensive Gas-to-Energy project
The Kaieteur News editorial of Saturday April 11 on the Aurora Gold Mines (AGM)[i] solar farm displays current evidence of my advocacy of solar power instead of the expensive Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project, which enriches foreign investors and contractors. 12 years ago, I set up a small home solar power system, which still supplies…
Of Windfalls, Unwelcome Interventions and Waning Sovereignty
Christopher Ram’s Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child must become oil-minded Column 180 – Of Windfalls, Unwelcome Interventions and Waning Sovereignty With President Trump’s Israeli-led War on Iran triggering a dramatic rise in oil price, there have been calls for a windfall tax on the American led consortium that owns the hugely…
Did a shell game help bury Petrotrin?
By Anthony Paul, Senior Energy and Strategy Advisor and former Director of Geology and Geophysics at the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy. The editor created these infographics for understanding, but Anthony Paul has not validated them. They may lack technical precision, but they remain a useful resource for general readers. Were billions in State petroleum…
The never-ending saga of the Gas-to-Energy Project: Of Promise, Planning and a Bleeding of Billions
Column 178 dated 3 April 2026 The report of a quiet settlement – some US$82 million paid following arbitration in the Gas-to-Energy Project – ought to give the country pause. Not because disputes arise in projects of this scale – they do – but because of how early, how quietly, and how expensively this one…