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  • CNOOC Joins the Trillion Dollar Club

    May 24, 2026May 28, 2026
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    May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
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    May 17, 2026May 20, 2026
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It’s the same players back at the helm

News EditorAugust 9, 2021August 9, 202101 mins

‘One do not make changes to a winning team’ says the old adage. But something is wrong with Guyana in terms of development. The Gas to Shore project comprises some of the same players who were involved in a string of questionable projects. We can identify the Marriot Hotel, a venture where expenditures are yet…

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  • Leyland Roopnaraine

This oil contract is a giveaway of Guyana’s precious resources

News EditorJanuary 1, 2020January 1, 202002 mins

Almost two years after the government signed the oil contract with ExxonMobil, it was made public, but only after months of constant pressure from this newspaper and other media outlets. From all indications, it was a poorly negotiated contract with a meagre two percent royalty, which is considered the worst of all negotiated oil contracts…

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