John Palmer
Why is the full report of the 2022 national census so important?
By Janette Bulkan and John Palmer The information sheet for the US national census and household survey in 2020 states briefly the objectives: ‘The Census provides us with data on the National, State, and Local levels that help define who we are as a nation and the makeup of the people that live in this country. Data…
The monitoring of oil tanker traffic from Guyana
By Janette Bulkan, Kenrick Hunte, Darsh Khusial, John Palmer, Mike Persaud and Andre Brandli On 10 December 2025, the seizure by United States military forces of the Skipper, a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) oil tanker falsely flying the Guyana flag, off the Venezuelan coast, made front page news in Guyana and around the world. Ten days later, on…
Government must release all oil and gas related data retrieved from oil companies to the public
The Minister for Natural Resources, like Christopher Columbus, has discovered that Guyana’s petroleum legislation allows for retrieval of information generated by the oil companies; see ‘Govt. demands immediate information on oil discoveries in new PSA’ and ‘Exxon must provide daily drill data, ROV images’, both in Kaieteur News (December 9, 2025). Minister Vickram Bharrat referenced…
Small-scale fishers in Guyana – ‘small fry’ in Guyana’s marine space
During their first few months of life, young fish are called ‘fry’; most do not survive to adulthood. The idiom, ‘small fry’, has been used to refer to children and people of low status since the 14th century in England and is perhaps derived from the ‘fry’ of fish. Artisanal fishers in Guyana are treated…
World Resources Institute Response
Subject: RE: Questions on your congratulatory message on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022 Dear Janette and John, Thank you for reaching out. I am copying two people who are best placed to respond to your query in our team. They may not respond before next week….
WRI: Questions on your congratulatory message on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022
Dear Dr Ani Dasgupta Ani.dasgupta@wri.org We noted with surprise a congratulatory message attributed to WRI on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022 (Department of Public Information (2022) ‘Sale of carbon credits: $157B for investments in low-carbon development across Guyana’, Department of Public Information, 21 December. Available at: https://dpi.gov.gy/sale-of-carbon-credits-157b-for-investments-in-low-carbon-development-across-guyana/) ….
Re:wild – Questions on your congratulatory message on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022
Dear Re:wild We noted with surprise a congratulatory message attributed to Re:wild on the issuance of Winrock-ART’s TREES jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits to Guyana on 5 December 2022 (Department of Public Information (2022) ‘Sale of carbon credits: $157B for investments in low-carbon development across Guyana’, Department of Public Information, 21 December. Available at: https://dpi.gov.gy/sale-of-carbon-credits-157b-for-investments-in-low-carbon-development-across-guyana/) . Re:wild allegedly stated…
Rough Estimate of Gas in Guyana-Suriname Basin
US Geological Survey – ‘Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Central and South America’ USGS Fact Sheet FS-037-01, March 2001 Guyana-Suriname Basin – total undiscovered resources with ‘fully risked estimates’ – Gas – trillion cubic feet – 7.035 at 95% confidence level, 36.802 at 50% confidence level, 95.909 at 5% confidence level, arithmetic…