Opinion
Six -to – one is not 50-50 Part 3 – Government’s Litany of Failures
Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil Minded; Column 192 July 3, 2026 The financial, audit and regulatory weaknesses highlighted in this mini-series make for disturbing reading and raise serious concerns. Matters might have been very different had both the external auditors and the ministerial auditors taken a firmer…
Six -to – one is not 50-50 Part 2
Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil Minded; Column 191 July 1, 2026 Today continues where Column 190 left off, examining the egregious failures of omission and commission by ExxonMobil, Hess, CNOOC and their auditor, the cumulative effect of which is to present a distorted picture of the economics…
Part 1: Six -to – one is not 50-50
Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil Minded; Column 190 June 28, 2026 By Christopher Ram ExxonMobil Guyana Limited has now filed its financial statements for 2025, and with Hess’s and CNOOC’s already reviewed, we can now do the simple math of comparing the profits earned by and the…
President might understand investor reticence if he journeyed along East Bank Road
Dear Editor, President Mohd. Irfaan Ali has been sharply critical of foreign companies wanting to sell into Guyana but not invest in this country; see for example https://kaieteurnewsonline.com/2026/06/22/no-investment-no-access-to-guyanas-market-pres-ali-tells-foreign-investors/. Perhaps the President would have a better understanding of investor reticence if he endured the chaotic failure of the Ministry of Public Works and the Guyana Police Force…
David Rose School incident raises issue of whether both children and teachers are in an under-resourced environment
Dear Editor, Recent public reports concerning the alleged mistreatment of a student at the David Rose Special Education Needs School have rightly disturbed the conscience of the nation. We note that the Ministry of Education has reportedly completed its investigation and forwarded the file to the Teaching Service Commission, including reports, statements, findings and formal…
Exxon’s 2025 Financial Statements – and What It Has Taken Out
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 189: 13th June, 2026 Exxon’s 2025 Financial Statements – and What It Has Taken Out Overview ExxonMobil Guyana Limited this week filed its audited financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2025. Once again, the numbers are staggering: from a 45% interest in one…
From Upper Mazaruni to Gas-to-Energy: A history of failures
Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-minded. Column No. 187: June 7, 2026 From Upper Mazaruni to Gas-to-Energy: A history of failures For almost every decade since Independence, Guyana has produced a project that promised transformation and delivered disappointment, and sometimes disaster. The 1970s had the Upper Mazaruni…
CNOOC Joins the Trillion Dollar Club
Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded — Column 186 — May 23, 2026 CNOOC Joins the Trillion Dollar Club Part 2: Hess in context — and CNOOC joins the party Introduction Last week’s column closed on a single fact: Hess Guyana’s accumulated surplus at 31 December 2025…
Beyond Stratospheric – 2025 Returns for Hess
Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 185 – May 16, 2026 Beyond Stratospheric – 2025 Returns for Hess Introduction Hess Guyana Exploration Limited – a branch of Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd., a Cayman Islands-incorporated company and 30% stakeholder in the Stabroek Block – is once…