Category: Environmental Permit Processes
Stop approving oil projects until robust regulatory systems are established – Environmental Activist urges EPA boss
…says Exxon choosing its own standards Kaieteur News – Environmental and Human Rights Activist, Danuta Radzik, has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold off on granting Environmental Permits to ExxonMobil for more oil projects until the requisite systems are put in place to adequately monitor and regulate the industry. Radzik in a 16-page...
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T&T Professor calls for strengthening of EPA
…says this critical in ensuring climate change objectives are met Kaieteur News – If Guyana is to achieve the climate change objectives it has set out, the country will need to ensure its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is strengthened to monitor the petroleum sector. This was one of the key points highlighted by Professor Anthony...
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Companies, investors face significant risks in Guyana as Govt. flouts own environmental laws – Environmentalist warns
Kaieteur News – Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly, also known for her work promoting free and fair elections through citizens participation in elections observation, has written to the President of Guyana about a break down in democratic environmental governance in Guyana and the risks this poses to investors. In a letter dated February 12, she pointed out...
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Systemic weaknesses in public environmental management pose risks
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EPA Public Notice
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$100.7M set aside to review Exxon’s field development plan for 6th project
Kaieteur News – The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government has made provision in its 2023 Budget to review the Field Development Plan (FDP) for the sixth project American oil giant, ExxonMobil plans to pursue in the Stabroek Block. Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat said last week that $100.7 million is allocated for the review of...
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ExxonMobil US$460M pre-contract audit still ongoing- Minister Bharrat
Four years later… …Patterson says Guyana now at the mercy of oil company Kaieteur News – As Guyana scales up its oil production activities and begins revelling in revenue from its newfound natural resource, the country has been struggling to keep up with the oil company’s spending. Failure to keep watch on this crucial sector...
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ExxonM refuses questions from K/News at public consultations on sixth project
…after reporter flags “insulting” response given by Projects Manager Kaieteur News – As ExxonMobil Guyana continues consultations across the country to hear the public’s concerns on the sixth offshore oil project planned in the Stabroek Block, Kaieteur News was denied the opportunity to ask questions, after pointing out that an earlier response to a question...
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Exxon’s fifth project could cost more than US$12.7B
– Hess tells shareholders not to worry, Stabroek Block contract & sweet crude will be shareholders’ saving grace Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Corporation confirmed last month that its Uaru project in the Stabroek Block is projected to cost a whopping US$12.7B. The eye-popping estimate recently caught the attention of shareholders for Hess Corporation which is...
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ExxonMobil “back-in-bed” with copy and paste consultant for sixth EIA
By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), commonly referred to as ExxonMobil Guyana has selected its longtime partner and London-based consultant, Environmental Resources Management to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its sixth project in the Stabroek Block- the Whiptail development. The credibility of ERM came under scrutiny...
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