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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Global Oil Crisis: Timeline of a Slump The Domino Effect Tracking the global slump from the Strait of Hormuz closure 1 2 3 4 March & April May & June Summer Sept & Oct Supply Deficit 3M Barrels/Day Oil Price (Brent Crude) $110 / Barrel Societal & Economic Impacts
On 19 March, Kaieteur News carried a Department for Public Information report that Guyana has again sold jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits (https://kaieteurnewsonline.com/2026/03/19/guyana-sold-carbon-credits-to-19-airlines-under-lcds-framework/). No price has been reported, nor any transactional costs which must be carried by Guyana for the entity, which makes the estimate of how many carbon credits are available for what period, or for an independent…
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. Throughout this series, my intention…
