Mar 13, 2023
…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...
Mar 09, 2023
…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...
Feb 17, 2023
Kaieteur News – The Commonwealth Lawyers Association, in conjunction with LexisNexis, have announced that International lawyer, Ms. Melinda Janki is the recipient of the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference Rule of Law Award, 2023. Janki is a rights activist here and also one of the advocates of a better oil deal between Guyana and ExxonMobil. In...
Feb 14, 2023
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...
Feb 06, 2023
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...
Feb 06, 2023
– to engage public on restarting operations at Houston Kaieteur News – The High Court in December last year ruled that Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) breached the law to issue a permit to Schlumberger Guyana Inc. to construct a radioactive storage facility at Lot 1 Area ‘X’ Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD), without conducting...
Feb 06, 2023
By Stabroek News February 6, 2023 By way of letter, attorneys for the applicants in the Judicial Review case filed against the Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Assessment Board and Schlumberger Guyana Inc (SGI) have written to IMEX Inc requesting an explanation for its recently announced public engagement. In the letter sent to IMEX Inc,...
Feb 05, 2023
…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...
Feb 05, 2023
– 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...
Feb 05, 2023
Kaieteur News – With plans already in place to welcome ‘Prosperity’—Guyana’s third floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel—ExxonMobil Corporation’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has indicated that it will need its own dumpsite to ensure proper waste management. Just last week, the Exxon affiliate issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking...
