Time for the Sanctity of Contract Circus to come to an end President Irfaan Ali recycles the argument so often that it is now official doctrine: the 2016 Stabroek Block Petroleum Agreement is a bad deal for Guyana, but “sanctity of contract” prevents renegotiation.
Column 200: Sovereignty in the Age of Oil Introduction The series began on May 26, 2017 as Oil and gas – The New Economic Horizon and was expected to run for twenty-five weeks.
A Refinery for Guyana: Big thinking, bigger risks “We cannot have crude oil and don’t have security of supply.”
From 12.5% to Nearly 40% – How Long Can the Good Times Last? – Part 4: Conclusion Introduction Last week’s column ended with Professor Clive Thomas’s estimate that wastage, incompetence, mismanagement and corruption consume 20% of public expenditure.
From 12.5% to Nearly 40% – How Long Can the Good Times Last? – Part 3 Having promised renegotiation and abandoned it on taking office, President Ali offered the country a substitute.
From 12.5% to nearly 40% – How long can the good times last? Part II of II (but see note) Part I welcomed President Irfaan Ali’s announcement that Guyana’s entitlement from the Stabroek Block production has risen from 12.5% to approximately 39.8%.
Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil Minded – Part 195 Part I of II President Irfaan Ali brought Guyanese some genuinely good oil news this week.
The Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child Must become Oil-minded Column 194 In Column 193, I argued that the controversy surrounding President Irfaan Ali’s farm at Long Creek is not fundamentally about agriculture.
Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-minded Column No. 193 Part I The story of the month, and perhaps of the year, has been President Irfaan Ali’s farm at Long Creek, an area off the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
