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Preparing for First Oil


Last week we published the first part of the address by Natural Resources Minister, Hon. Raphael

Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman

Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman

Trotman, to participants of a two-day seminar held on November 17 and 18 which was titled: “Governance of the Petroleum Sector: Preparing for First Oil”. The Ministry had collaborated with the New Petroleum Producers Group (NPPG), an arm of Chatham House, the (British) Royal Institute of International Affairs, and NPPG had partnered with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Natural Resources Governance Institute (with offices in the UK, USA, Ghana, Peru and Jakarta) to facilitate this seminar.
The objective was to assist Guyana with establishing the most appropriate and effective institutions that will ensure good governance of our impending petroleum sector.
This discussion group, NPPG, has built a strong network among existing and emerging oil producers around the world. Through their strategically-located offices, NPPG helps emerging petroleum producers like Guyana to develop practical guidelines, structures and rules, and carry out research on foreseen challenges based on the experiences of other emerging producers.
It also facilitates information sharing and capacity building at various levels of government and its agencies through training and mentoring, while helping to devise strategies that will promote national/citizen understanding of the role the oil industry will play in the national agenda.
Today we conclude Minister Trotman’s address:
“The Government recognises the need for a highly skilled workforce. Therefore we will undertake two key initiatives, which are to revamp the public education system and to integrate the supply and demand of labour into a flexible, technical vocational education and training system.
This initiative will create our own skill pool for the industry and for the non-oil sectors while we upgrade the expertise of our professionals who are already trained. Cross sector training and education is another deliberate step to counter the dreaded and very real ‘oil curse’ and the Dutch Disease.
This precious resource of ours (oil) is a significant component of our national patrimony. It belongs to the people of Guyana. It is therefore the Government’s inescapable responsibility to ensure that this translates into our citizens’ right to work and develop. The sky is really the limit.
We have seen examples of locally grown businesses within the petroleum sector in other countries blossom to the point where they are able to offer/sell their skills and services internationally. We want no less for our own citizens.
This component is included in our local content/local participation Policy and Regulations that will soon be laid before all of Guyana and our international partners for your review.
Our aim is to provide opportunities for our citizens to participate actively from these early stages and onward. Our intent is also to create as wide an impact as possible into other local industries especially in the private sector, as evidenced by the cross section of participants (at the seminar).
Our soon to be established Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s Multi-Stakeholder Group and its supporting Secretariat are other key signals that the Government of Guyana is committed to good, transparent governance.
Issues of environmental and social safeguards (including oil spill prevention and responses) also factor prominently into this equation. The policies for regulation and management of our oil and gas sector have been designed to function within the context of Guyana’s environmental priorities. Guyana’s priorities are aligned with our commitment to international obligations and responsibilities for the post 2015 developmental agenda which include the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Our focus is on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns; taking urgent action to address climate change and its impacts; ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial eco-systems; sustainably managing forests; combating desertification; halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss; and conserving and sustainably utilizing the ocean, seas and marine resources.
Guyana’s 2016-2018 Roadmap takes a comprehensive approach to the development of our oil and gas industry under the guidance of advisors and developmental partners such as those represented (at this seminar). The roadmap inculcates:

1. Implementation schedules for policies, legislation, regulations and the accompanying governance structures
2. The schedule for public engagements
3. A review of Guyana’s petroleum acreage and interests
4. Development of a local content plan that includes the transition of work and intellectual capital
5. Building appropriate infrastructure including an onshore logistics base to support offshore operations.
6. Developing an evolving framework to address the anticipated increase in commercial activities in the social services, auxiliary services, financial and others.

Guyana is new to this business of oil production and we have been fortunate to receive the high level of support and guidance from a plethora of experienced policy makers, oil producers, marketing experts, environmental pundits, business and social development craftsmen the world over. Our chief responsibility is to ensure that at every level, Guyanese citizens will be intimately involved and will ultimately reap the anticipated benefits.
Guyana must prosper, our citizens must prosper, as will their generations to come.”

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Prashad posted:

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. It is a period similar to the end of slavery. I hope Guyana makes some good money from the oil.

Hopefully it will be spend wisely for the benefit of the whole nation.

Django
Django posted:
Prashad posted:

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. It is a period similar to the end of slavery. I hope Guyana makes some good money from the oil.

Hopefully it will be spend wisely for the benefit of the whole nation.

The whole nation is consists of those at congress place..

FM
Imran posted:
Django posted:
Prashad posted:

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. It is a period similar to the end of slavery. I hope Guyana makes some good money from the oil.

Hopefully it will be spend wisely for the benefit of the whole nation.

The whole nation is consists of those at congress place..

The same can be said of Freedom House,

change of cycle is healthy for democracy.

Django
Django posted:
Imran posted:
Django posted:
Prashad posted:

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. It is a period similar to the end of slavery. I hope Guyana makes some good money from the oil.

Hopefully it will be spend wisely for the benefit of the whole nation.

The whole nation is consists of those at congress place..

The same can be said of Freedom House,

change of cycle is healthy for democracy.

Are you calling the massive corruption in 17 months healthy for democracy. LMAO. 

Go have your morning coffee Django Bai... 

FM
Imran posted:
Django posted:

The same can be said of Freedom House,

change of cycle is healthy for democracy.

Are you calling the massive corruption in 17 months healthy for democracy. LMAO. 

Go have your morning coffee Django Bai... 

Take off the rose colored glasses,

and peek here

https://guyana.crowdstack.io/topic/pr...et-members#lastReply

Django
Django posted:
Imran posted:
Django posted:

The same can be said of Freedom House,

change of cycle is healthy for democracy.

Are you calling the massive corruption in 17 months healthy for democracy. LMAO. 

Go have your morning coffee Django Bai... 

Take off the rose colored glasses,

and peek here

https://guyana.crowdstack.io/topic/pr...et-members#lastReply

 

your acolytes want  change and in 17 months equal the corruption of the ppp.

The fact that you have not answered my question and posted a link to another topic prove you are wearing the roses colored glasses ... your eyes are dazzled by congress place multi color.... remove them and answer my question...

answer the question below Django....

 ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?

FM
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Imran posted:

your acolytes want change and in 17 months equal the corruption of the ppp. The fact that you have not answered my question and posted a link to another topic prove you are wearing the roses colored glasses ... your eyes are dazzled by congress place multi color.... remove them and answer my question... answer the question below Django....ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?.

His option to post a link is illustrative of scope and pervasiveness of the PPP plunder of state resources. It was gargantuan, open, naked and obscene. Are those follows in office stealing? ...Of course! I am still not persuade by your argument of massive corruption when compared to PPP practices. Nothing massive to steal to speak of. When oil comes in then we will talk.

 

FM
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Danyael posted:

Imran posted:

your acolytes want change and in 17 months equal the corruption of the ppp. The fact that you have not answered my question and posted a link to another topic prove you are wearing the roses colored glasses ... your eyes are dazzled by congress place multi color.... remove them and answer my question... answer the question below Django....ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?.

His option to post a link is illustrative of scope and pervasiveness of the PPP plunder of state resources. It was gargantuan, open, naked and obscene. Are those follows in office stealing? ...Of course! I am still not persuade by your argument of massive corruption when compared to PPP practices. Nothing massive to steal to speak of. When oil comes in then we will talk.

 

Didn't know Django change his name. 

FM
Imran posted:
Danyael posted:

Imran posted:

your acolytes want change and in 17 months equal the corruption of the ppp. The fact that you have not answered my question and posted a link to another topic prove you are wearing the roses colored glasses ... your eyes are dazzled by congress place multi color.... remove them and answer my question... answer the question below Django....ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?.

His option to post a link is illustrative of scope and pervasiveness of the PPP plunder of state resources. It was gargantuan, open, naked and obscene. Are those follows in office stealing? ...Of course! I am still not persuade by your argument of massive corruption when compared to PPP practices. Nothing massive to steal to speak of. When oil comes in then we will talk.

 

Didn't know Django change his name. 

This is a discussion forum....not a private chat room.

FM
Prashad posted:

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. It is a period similar to the end of slavery. I hope Guyana makes some good money from the oil.

Fossils will be around for a long long time, well into the next century.  Solar and others will be part of the portfolio but not as dominant.  However, efficiencies, clean burn technologies, hybrids, etc will ensure the per-capita usage to decline and overall usage to remain flat.

What will happen though, the preference for cleaner crude will increase and demand for high sulphur crude will decline.  I believe Guyana is clean low sulphur given Exxon and Hess are in the lead.

FM
Imran posted:
 

 


 ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?

From my observation you are peddling information you gathered from the funny fellas at Freedom House.

Here is a challenge list the "MASSIVE" corruption,while you are at it state which corrective actions aren't taken,we will fact check.

Bear in mind i have stated numerous times  I am an "Independent"

Django
Django posted:
Imran posted:
 

 


 ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?

From my observation you are peddling information you gathered from the funny fellas at Freedom House.

Here is a challenge list the "MASSIVE" corruption,while you are at it state which corrective actions aren't taken,we will fact check.

Bear in mind i have stated numerous times  I am an "Independent"

You seem to be an Independent with strong ties to the PNC. What kind of Independent does that make you? An Independent PNC?

FM
skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
Imran posted:

 ARE YOU CALLING THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN 17 MONTHS HEALTHY ?

From my observation you are peddling information you gathered from the funny fellas at Freedom House.

Here is a challenge list the "MASSIVE" corruption,while you are at it state which corrective actions aren't taken,we will fact check.

Bear in mind i have stated numerous times  I am an "Independent"

You seem to be an Independent with strong ties to the PNC. What kind of Independent does that make you? An Independent PNC?

Well bhai you propping up the PPP from day one.

at one point in time i used to support them,when the klepto crew took over,my support was withdrawn.

Django

Driving the infrastructure - governmental, education, environmental, etc. - is largely the private corporations involved in the oil and gas exploration in Guyana. Either government (the PPP and APNU/AFC) would have followed the same basic approach of environmental safeguards (especially for deep-water drilling), the spin-off supporting industries requiring an educated workforce, policies regarding the royalties paid into the national Treasuries, and generally protecting this national asset.

To introduce a PPP | PNC - who thief and who doesn't - make a mockery of this thread. Imran, I don't know which road you're heading on, but open a thread to abuse APNU if you will and counter charges of theft with the PPP. But with a discussion on oil exploration that probably would not see revenues in about 4 years or so, after another General Elections would have been held, othe than exploration revenues, I would save my angst to see what this government is capable as far as the goals stated in the initial post.

Kari
Django posted:
Well bhai you propping up the PPP from day one.

at one point in time i used to support them,when the klepto crew took over,my support was withdrawn.

How sad you call the PPP klepto crew and you support the apex klepto crew(PNC) now. The apex klepto crew stole(and left the treasury empty) from 1964-1991 and you don't seem to recall and brand them as klepto. This is only the start of a journey to create history of emptying the treasury for a second time. It will only take them 5 years instead of 28.

FM

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