Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 115 – November 24, 2023 Introduction Let me confess to being as surprised as many of the readers of this column, on learning that Belize is in fact an oil producing state! Not a major one – it produces a mere 5,000 barrels…
Kaieteur News – Former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams believes that the consultant hired by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its sixth project, must inform the nation of the likely devastation to these shores from an oil spill. Dr. Adams, a Petroleum and Environmental…
The oil companies, Hess & Exxon, recently reported earnings in the 2Q2023 that were significantly below the profits they earned in 2Q last year. However, they were very optimistic about the future because of their big bet on Guyana. By 2027, they are projecting to be pumping 1.2 million barrels of oil per day. With…
This Article was Published on July 2, 2021 This final column of this mini-series examining the financial statements of the three Contractors under the 2016 Petroleum Agreement, reviews their balance sheets, sometimes referred to as statement of affairs, as at December 31, 2020. The Table below is designed in a similar fashion as the summary…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 73 – August 9, 2019 Introduction It has been a week of headlines in the petroleum sector. First out was Dr. Mark Bynoe who told the Stabroek News about Government’s plans to market its share of crude oil. This was followed by a…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded (Part 64) Introduction Figures contained in the 2017 financial statements of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited indicate that the three-party set up of Esso, Hess and CNOOC Nexen will spend well over five hundred billion dollars ($500,000,000,000) up to December 2019. The three companies…
