Chris Ram's Articles

Is expenditure on Esso’s Ogle Office recoverable contract cost?

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 104 – March 10, 2023 Introduction Following a question raised in the National Assembly by Opposition MP Mr. Ganesh Mahipaul, ExxonMobil’s Country Manager Alistair Routledge, emboldened by his increasingly comfortable relationship with the PPP/C, reacted to Mahipaul by declaring that the approximately US$160…

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There is a precedent for renegotiating the 2016 Petroleum Agreement. Time for this Government to show some spine  

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 101 – September 16, 2022 More than three years ago, and even before the first barrel of oil was produced, the 2016 Petroleum Agreement signed by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana limited (Esso) and Hess and CNOOC, its Joint Venture partners, concluded its…

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Landmark Legal Challenge: Glenn Lall Takes on Guyana’s Petroleum Agreement Tax Provisions

Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded (Part 96) January 21, 2022 Businessman and Newspaper Publisher Mr. Glenn Lall has filed an action in the Guyana High Court challenging key provisions of the 2016 Petroleum Agreement between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited and HESS…

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