Rystad Energy says T&T Conference used “unfinished draft” of Stabroek Block overlapping into Venezuela’s waters

Senior Vice President of the Stabroek Block leverage their resources as a Rystad Energy, Schreiner extending into Venezuelan united block to meet the Parkerhassoughttoclearthe territorial waters. He added, world’senergyneeds. air on an erroneous map that “This projection is incorrect Kaieteur News’ team, was used during the recently and has been corrected in the which included Publisher concluded Trinidad and final version of the Glenn Lall, observed that a Tobago Energy Conference presentation.” portion of the block was 2023. He categorically stated overlapping Venezuela’s

That map had shown that Rystad Energy does not maritime borders Efforts Guyana’s Stabroek Block consider the Stabroek Block weremadetobringthistothe overlappingintoVenezuela’s to extend into Venezuelan attention of the panel during territorial waters. In a letter territorialwaters.Parkersaid the discussions but to no addressed to the President of it is the position of Rystad avail.Lallsaiditisimportant the Energy Chamber, Dr Energy that the Stabroek thatthismatterberaisedwith Thackwray Driver, the Block is wholly contained organisers as more than 700 Rystad official explained within Guyanese territorial individuals were being that the version of the map waters. Parker also asked misled. used was an unfinished one that Driver and his team at More importantly, he fromhiscompany. the chamber dispose of the noted that Guyana and

Hewrote:“Ithascometo previous unfinished draft Venezuela are before the our attention that an and recall any emails, InternationalCourtofJustice unfinished draft version of correspondence or any other wheretheformerhaslaidout the presentation prepared for reference to this map which an irrefutable case on the the Energy Chamber was contained the projection parameters of its territorial made available to certain error sovereignty He said the map individuals outside of Itwas Kaieteur News that being shown or featured in yourself and your immediate first highlighted this error the backdrop of discussions teamattheEnergyChamber while in attendance at the aboutTrinidad’seagernessto In this unfinished draft conference. It was identified harness Venezuela’s gas presentation, a slide was after Driver had asked for it resources is “distasteful” to shownwhichincludedamap to be used in the backdrop of saytheleast. showing the Stabroek Block a panel discussion on how With President, Dr inGuyana.” Trinidad and Tobago, Irfaan Ali’s intervention, the Parkersaidtheprojection Venezuela, Guyana, organizers accepted that the used during the creation of Suriname, Barbados and map was incorrect and thismaperroneouslyshowed other territories may apologizedforsame.

In addition to this policy, economicallyviablemanner Strategic Plan for the period Bharrat said 2023 will see Towards this end, Bharrat 2021-2026 has been guided the enhancement of the said the ministry is expected by cornerstone initiatives nation’s regulatory to receive a financial such as the Low Carbon framework with modern commitment to the tune of Development Strategy 2030 legislation and the GY$1.09Bwhichwillcover (LCDS) and the Sustainable identification and utilization re-current and capital Development Goals (SDGs) of scholarship opportunities expenditures. that allow the ministry and to build local content K a i e t e u r N e w s its sector agencies to capacityinthesector understandsthattheministry successfully execute their His 2023 to-do-list also will also seek to develop and mandates.

McDonald paints grim picture of school...

From page 2 present and former students burnt schools like Christ fancy’of the government to as they head toward Church, St. George’s and decide what ‘freck’ to dish liberating education at the others will be rebuilt and out here and there UniversityofGuyana. extendedinGeorgetown. McDonald said that budget She told the House that In Region Five, the 2023 ought to represent the major works are scheduled government minister said people of the country but forthesectorwithnumerous universal secondary nowhere does it mention the schools set for repair while education has already been return of their right to new schools will be achieved, while in Region negotiate for better wages constructed, inclusive of Six and Seven, a school will andsalaries. dormitories and other eachbebuilt.

Free University relatedfacilities. In Region Eight, the Education As the government government will extend In her presentation on works closer to universal dorms,oneschoolinRegion Wednesday, Minister of education, Manickchand Nine and extended E d u c a t i o n - P r i y a saidthatfourschoolswillbe accommodations while Manickchand reiterated her built in Region One, one of Region 10 will see the government’s manifesto which was destroyed by rehabilitation of all promise that they would be arson, in Region Two, one multilateral schools making tertiary education school will be finished, Teachers’ quarters and free of cost in the next five while in Region Three two dorms are being built across years. news schools will be built. the country also, the

She said that it was the In Region Four, the minister minister said as she blasted g o v e r n m e n t ’ s said the Yarrowkabra and thepreviousgovernmentfor announcement that it would Good Hope schools will be being unable to start and find a pathway to remove completed, as well as a complete any school in their the debt currently held by school at Prospect while five-yearstint.

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