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Ça s’accélère à l’Assemblée nationale: la motion de censure de gauche contre le gouvernement Borne va être mise au vote lundi, sans espoir d’être adoptée, avant que les députés ne s’emparent d’un premier texte de loi, sur la situation sanitaire liée au Covid-19.
Discutée dans l’hémicycle à partir de 16h (10h en heure locale), la motion de censure défendue par la coalition de gauche Nupes n’a quasiment aucune chance d’aboutir, faute de soutien des groupes RN et LR.
Mais la cheffe de file des députés LFI, Mathilde Panot, espère en faire une démonstration de “défiance” à l’égard d’Elisabeth Borne qui n’a pas de majorité absolue à l’Assemblée nationale, et n’a pas sollicité de vote de confiance le 7 juillet lors de sa déclaration de politique générale.
“Jamais nous n’accepterons que quiconque exerce le pouvoir dans le pays avec pour seule légitimité le fait qu’elle ait été désignée par le président de la République”, a renchéri lundi son collègue Alexis Corbière sur Public Sénat.
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“Vous allez chercher à censurer un gouvernement qui commence son travail”, dénonce Mme Borne.
“L’objectif de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, c’est de faire perdre du temps à l’Assemblée nationale”, a déploré lundi sur Cnews la patronne des députés LREM Aurore Bergé.
Elle voit cependant “une vertu à cette motion de censure, c’est qu’elle va définitivement démontrer que la Nupes est clairement une minorité à l’Assemblée nationale, une minorité qui souhaite bloquer, une minorité qui vocifère, qui veut empêcher la Première ministre de s’exprimer, mais une minorité”.
LFI s’exprimera en premier lundi, avant l’intervention de la Première ministre puis des autres groupes pour un débat de deux heures et demie.
La gauche pourrait à cette occasion se faire l’écho des révélations du journal Le Monde sur les liens privilégiés entre Emmanuel Macron lorsqu’il était ministre de l’Economie, et la société Uber. C’est “un pillage du pays”, pour Mme Panot.
Seuls les députés favorables à la motion participeront au vote. Pour faire tomber le gouvernement il faudrait une majorité absolue de 289 voix, impossible à atteindre pour les seuls Nupes (LFI, PS, écologistes, PCF).
Ils sont 151 au total mais le socialiste Dominique Potier n’a pas signé le texte. Pas sûr en outre que tous les signataires soient présents.
Marine Le Pen a redit dimanche que son groupe RN, en pleine quête de respectabilité, ne soutenait pas la motion: “La Nupes ne défend pas l’intérêt des Français, ce qu’ils veulent c’est faire sauter la République”.
L’examen du projet de loi sur la sécurité sanitaire et ses “mesures de freinage” face au regain de Covid-19 a été repoussé en soirée.
Ce texte vise à proroger des dispositifs de collecte de données de santé (tests Covid, vaccination) et mettre en place un pass sanitaire aux frontières si la situation sanitaire l’exigeait.
Les députés ont unanimement réduit en commission les délais d’autorisation de ces mesures, jusqu’au 31 janvier plutôt que fin mars, une “co-construction” saluée par LR et la majorité.
Pass outre-mer
Mais les RN ou certains élus Nupes contestent l’ensemble du projet de loi et entendent faire le procès de la politique sanitaire menée.
A l’extrême droite, Julie Lechanteux avait réclamé en commission des “preuves” de l’efficacité du pass sanitaire et lancé que le “vaccin ne fonctionne pas” face aux nouveaux variants, s’attirant les foudres de la majorité.
Chez LFI, on dénonce des “manques coupables” sur la “gratuité” des tests ou les purificateurs d’air pour les écoles.
Les débats devraient s’animer à propos des Outre-mer. Le texte prévoit que le possible pass sanitaire aux frontières s’applique pour les trajets entre métropole et territoires ultramarins.
Nouveau ministre de la Santé, l’urgentiste François Braun va connaître son baptême du feu dans l’hémicycle, en pleine septième vague de Covid.
En parallèle vont débuter en commission les échanges sur l’autre pièce maîtresse de l’été législatif, le projet de loi sur le pouvoir d’achat, avec des centaines d’amendements au menu.
Gouvernement et majorité assurent être prêts au “compromis”. Mais “ce ne sera pas le +n’importe quoi qu’il en coûte !+”, a averti Aurore Bergé.
Le ministre de l’Economie, Bruno Le Maire, s’est dit ouvert à de nouvelles mesures sur la défiscalisation des heures supplémentaires et l’indemnité carburant travailleurs.
Le projet de loi atterrira dans l’hémicycle à compter du 18 juillet.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 11, 2022 ( ZIZ Newsroom) — The Federation has recorded one more Covid-19-related death. This brings the national total to 44.
The Ministry of Health made the announcement in the Covid-19 situation report for Friday, July 8, 2022
According to the report, 27 more confirmed positive cases were recorded in the preceding 24 hours.
That brings the total number of active cases to 163.
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Au terme de la derni?re s?ance d’entra?nement des Grenadi?res pour pr?parer le match face ? la Jama?que, la capitaine de l’?quipe nationale qui n’a toujours pas trouv? son vrai niveau, apporte certaines pr?cisions pour ce qui est de sa prestation d’ensemble dans la comp?tition.
” Je tiens ? pr?ciser que je ne suis pas bless?e, cela aurait ?t? un manque de respect pour mes co?quipi?res. Vu ma position sur le terrain, je ne fais que me mettre au service du collectif. Contre la Jama?que, nous partons ? la guerre “, a d?clar? N?rilia Mond?sir qui souhaite trouver son vrai niveau aujourd’hui pour mat?rialiser le r?ve de tout un peuple comme ce fut le cas en 2018 avec les U20.
Melchie Dumornay qui n’a pas encore fait trembler les filets, mais qui est ? l’origine de tous les buts inscrits par les Grenadi?res dans la comp?tition, se dit pr?te ? en d?coudre face ? la Jama?que. Elle en a profit? pour remercier le public ha?tien et promet de tout donner pour terrasser la Jama?que, pr?sente en France au mondial f?minin senior en 2019 apr?s avoir ?cart? Ha?ti (2-2) en phase de poule au stade Sylvio Cator.
” On est pr?t. On a eu un jour de plus de r?cup?ration, c’est quand m?me important vu que le sch?ma de la comp?tition est vraiment tr?s compliqu?, car on joue tous les trois jours. Les batteries sont recharg?es, on est pr?t ? jouer”, a fait savoir Nicolas Del?pine avant d’?valuer la situation des Grenadi?res avant le coup d’envoi de la rencontre face ? la Jama?que.
“Au sein de l’effectif, on a toujours des petits bobos apr?s deux matches de haute intensit? r?p?t?s jour apr?s jour. Cependant, je crois que les filles sont fortes dans leur t?te. On ne changera pas la comp?tition pour un petit bobo, tout le monde pr?sent ici est un soldat pr?t ? affronter la Jama?que” selon le technicien fran?ais qui pourrait, en cas de match nul et de victoire, entrer dans le cercle tr?s ferm? des s?lectionneurs ayant guid? une s?lection ha?tienne de football ? une phase finale de Coupe du Monde apr?s Antoine Tassy en 1974 avec les s?niors, Jean Yves Philog?ne Labaze en 2007 et Webbens Princim?, dit Itala en 2019 avec les U17 masculines sans oublier Marc Collat en 2018 avec les U20 f?minines.
“Je n’y pense m?me pas, car mon seul objectif est de bien jouer ce match, le jouer comme on veut le jouer, c’est ce qui compte pour moi. Contre les USA, on a quelques regrets, mais face au Mexique, le plan s’est d?roul? comme on l’avait pr?vu. On veut juste cela face ? la Jama?que, on est concentr? sur le match, on veut que notre plan tactique se d?roule comme on l’a pr?vu, c’est-?-dire se donner ? fond. Et apr?s, s’il faut ?voquer l’histoire, ?a reste aux m?dias, mais nous au sein de la s?lection, on est focus sur le match “, a-t-il dit avant de faire allusion au onze qu’il pourrait aligner face ? la Jama?que.
” Je m’adapte au match, je dis aux filles, si la comp?tition demandait ? ce qu’on joue avec le m?me onze et qu’on aille jusqu’au bout, on le fera, et s’il y a des changements ? faire, on le fera aussi. N’ayez pas peur pour cela, on mettra la meilleure ?quipe sur le terrain, on fera ce qu’on pense ?tre le bon changement pour qu’on ait l’aboutissement de tous ces travaux”, a vite r?pondu Nicolas Del?pine qui devrait, si tout se passe bien, aligner le onze qui avait surclass? le Mexique (3-0) en tenant compte du dernier r?glage effectu? ? l’entra?nement des Grenadi?res, dimanche.
En guise de derniers mots avant le coup d’envoi de la rencontre : Jama?que – Ha?ti, pr?vu pour ce soir 10 heures au stade BBVA, sis ? Guadalupe, Monterrey au Mexique, Nicolas Del?pine n’a pas tarit d’?loges au sujet des techniciens ha?tiens ayant travaill? avec les filles au Centre de formation Camp Nous quand elles ?taient d?butantes.
Le XI probable des Grenadi?res face ? Jama?que :
Nahomie Ambroise (GK).- Chelsea Ariane Surpris, Claire Constant, Kethna Louis, Ruthny Mathurin.- Jennyfer Limage, Sherly Jeudy, Melchie Da?lle Dumornay.- N?rilia Mond?sir (cap), Roselord Borgella et Batcheba Louis
DT : Nicolas Del?pine !
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Women’s 100m hurdles
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn owns the Olympic gold medal. Kendra Harrison holds the world record. What neither has is a world outdoor title.
That could easily change at the July 15-24 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon when both chase victory in the 100m hurdles, an event that is loaded with top performers and contenders and shapes up as one of the meet’s must-see competitions.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, of Puerto Rico, on her way to victory over Jamaican Megan Tapper in a heat at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo.
Camacho-Quinn has been in top form all season after capturing the Olympic title in Tokyo last year in dominant fashion, clocking an Olympic record 12.26 in the semifinals (fourth on the all-time list) and then running 12.37 in the final to become the first athlete from Puerto Rico to win an Olympic track and field gold. Harrison took the silver in Tokyo in 12.52.
This will be the first World Championships for Camacho-Quinn, a three-time NCAA champion who was born and raised in South Carolina. The 25-year-old competes for Puerto Rico, her mother’s native home.
Camacho-Quinn has won eight of the nine hurdles races she has finished this year, including a season’s best 12.37 at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome on June 9. She also won at the Prefontaine Classic in May at Eugene’s Hayward Field – the World Championships venue – in 12.45.
But Camacho-Quinn will face a daunting quartet of US challengers for the world title. The Olympic champion’s 12.37 stood as the world-leading time this year until Harrison and Alaysha Johnson both went faster in finishing 1-2 in the final of the US Championships on June 25. Harrison out-leaned Johnson to win in 12.34, with Johnson clocking 12.35 to move into a tie for fifth place on the all-time US performer list. NCAA champion Alia Armstrong took third in a personal best 12.47.
Reigning world champion Nia Ali won her semifinal in 12.49 and skipped the final as she had a bye into the World Championships as the winner in Doha three years ago. The 33-year-old Ali has struggled to find her best form this year, winning only one of her 10 races, but will be determined to defend her title.
Oregon could mark a defining moment on home soil for Harrison, who is looking for that elusive gold at the age of 29. She set the world record of 12.20 in 2016, just weeks after the disappointment of failing to make the US team for the Rio Olympic Games.
Harrison has silver medals from Tokyo and the 2019 World Championships in Doha. She is also a five-time national champion and won the world indoor 60m hurdles title in 2018. A world outdoor title would be a crowning achievement on an already stellar career.
The deep field also includes Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion and 2021 Diamond Trophy winner. She finished fourth at the Tokyo Games and Doha World Championships, but should challenge for a podium place in Eugene.
The 25-year-old Amusan has been in superb form, winning a Diamond League race in Paris on June 18 in 12.41, the fourth-fastest time of the year. She finished a close second to Camacho-Quinn in Stockholm on June 20, with the Puerto Rican winning in 12.46 to her 12.50.
The field also includes Jamaica’s new national champion, Britany Anderson, who has a season’s best of 12.45.
Overall, at least half a dozen athletes have a realistic shot at winning the star-studded event. The preliminary rounds take place on July 23, with the semifinals and final contested on the final day of the championships.
Devon Allen (centre) in the 110m hurdles heats at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. (PHOTO: World Athletics)
Men’s 110m hurdles
Before embarking on an American football career as a wide receiver in the NFL, Devon Allen has some business to complete on the track.
The 27-year-old US hurdler is aiming for his first global medal in the 110m hurdles, and he goes into the World Athletics Championships as a top contender for gold.
Allen has been a major force in the sprint hurdles this year, posting the third-fastest time in history when he clocked 12.84 seconds at the New York Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on June 12. Overtaking reigning world champion and Olympic silver medallist Grant Holloway midway through the race, Allen crossed the line just 0.04 off the world record.
Allen followed that stunning performance by winning Diamond League races in Oslo (13.22) and Paris (13.20). Just a few days after his father, Louis, passed away, Allen competed at the US Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field and narrowly sealed his spot for the World Championships, finishing third in 13.09 behind Daniel Roberts (13.03) and Trey Cunningham (13.08).
Holloway, who won his semifinal in 13.03, skipped the final as he had a bye into the World Championships as defending champion.
Allen goes into the championships performing a difficult juggling act on the track and the American football gridiron. Just nine days after the World Championships hurdles final on July 17, he will suit up for the start of training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Allen was a two-sport star at the University of Oregon from 2013 to 2016. A two-time NCAA champion on the track, he also caught 54 passes for 919 yards and eight touchdowns in 22 games in three seasons for the football team.
After suffering two separate ACL tears, Allen put his football career on hold and focused on track and field. A three-time US national champion in the 110m hurdles, he finished fifth at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and fourth at the Tokyo Games.
He was also seventh at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
The US team boasts extreme depth in the 110m hurdles and could easily sweep the podium in Eugene. At the US Championships, Roberts ran from the front to capture his second national title, while Cunningham showed the form that made him the NCAA champion to take second. Allen finished just three-thousandths of a second ahead of Jamal Britt to claim the final spot on the team.
Four US athletes hold the three fastest times this year – Allen’s 12.84 followed by Cunningham at 13.00 and Roberts and Holloway at 13.03. Aries Merritt’s world record of 12.80 could be under threat at the championships.
Hansle Parchment wins the men’s 110m hurdles at the Jamaica trials at the National Stadium on Sunday, June 26, 2022. (PHOTO: Marlon Reid).
The Jamaicans shape up as the US athletes’ main rivals, led by Tokyo Olympic champion Hansle Parchment. He clocked 13.09 at the Birmingham Diamond League on May 21 and won the Jamaican Championships in 13.14 ahead of Rasheed Broadbell (13.20) and Orlando Bennett (13.28). The 2017 world and 2016 Olympic champion Omar McLeod stumbled after the second hurdle and finished last in 13.54.
Brazil’s Rafael Pereira and France’s Sasha Zhoya, who both clocked 13.17 this year, should also be in the mix. The heats will be held on day two of the championships, with the semifinals and final the next day.
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Addressing a large contingent of private sector representatives from both Saudi Arabia and Guyana, President Dr Irfaan Ali impressed on them the need for collaboration and partnerships, including the forming of consortiums, where both sides can mutually benefit from investment opportunities.
President Ali gave the main address during the Guyana-Saudi Arabia Investment Engagement that was held in the dome of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Saturday. In addition to an over 60-member delegation of investors from Saudi Arabia led by Deputy Minister for Investors Outreach, Badr al Badr, Guyana’s private sector including members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) was present.
“In the private sector, if you have a specific idea, today, that you can bring to the private sector and partner with them in a consortium, an opportunity that you see today…put the two private sector bodies in a room. Let us not do circular talks,” President Ali said.
“Put the two private sectors in a room and let us come up with five or six areas that we will move forward on. And then let us agree that we’re going to remove all the barriers in those areas… let us not work in a way that is circular. Let us identify the areas, and the priorities, and put together two working groups from the private sector and from the Government agency. And let us get this ball rolling.”
According to President Ali, in the same way, the Government has taken a decision to establish an embassy in Saudi Arabia, Guyana is also ready to accommodate the Saudi Arabians, with the grant of a piece of land for them to establish a permanent footprint. Additionally, he said that Guyana is prepared to house the Saudi Arabian Development Fund branch for the region.
“I’ve said to the leadership of Saudi Arabia. The Crown Prince. And I’ve said to the Minister of State, we are prepared to make the land available for you to establish your embassy for this region, in Guyana.”
“And I expect that within the next quarter, we must have positive movement on this. I’ve already established there are many additional reasons beyond investment and economic ties, that you should have a footprint here,” the President also said.
President Ali explained that work is already well advanced in Guyana establishing an embassy in Saudi Arabia. The President also said that the Ministry of Finance will be establishing a help desk for the Saudi’s.
Since the passage of the Local Content Act last year, the Government has said that foreign companies have been actively seeking out local companies with which they can form a partnership.
According to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo back in May, the Government saw the passage of local content legislation as a way of making sure that Guyanese could reap the benefits of the oil and gas sector, though it is not limited to this industry.
The Vice President noted that even today, Guyanese individuals and companies are reaping those benefits and that foreign companies looking to invest in Guyana are actively seeking partnerships with locals.
“We had to get a legislative framework. We passed a tough law now, that created huge opportunities for Guyanese and Guyanese companies. And you should ask the people, the Guyanese companies here now, that the foreigners are busy now running them down. When they were treating them with disdain because now there’s a benefit to partnering with a Guyanese company.
The Local Content Act lays out 40 different services that oil and gas companies and their subcontractors must procure from Guyanese companies by the end of 2022. For instance, these companies must procure from Guyanese companies 90 per cent of office space rental and accommodation services; 90 per cent janitorial services, laundry and catering services; 95 per cent pest control services; 100 per cent local insurance services; 75 per cent local supply of food; and 90 per cent local accounting services.
These are just a few of the services highlighted in the first schedule of the Local Content Act. The Local Content Act mandates penalties for oil and gas companies and their sub-contractors who fail to meet the minimum targets of the legislation, as well as those who are in breach of the Act. These fines range from as low as $5 million to as high as $50 million.
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Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh has rubbished reports by a local newspaper that the cost of living in Guyana will double by the end of this year, saying that the article is not only inaccurate but also a misrepresentation of the Bank of Guyana’s report.
Citing a Bank of Guyana Quarterly Report, Kaieteur News on Thursday last reported that the cost of living in Guyana is “expected to more than double” by the end of 2022. They premised this assertion on the fact that it was reported that the inflation rate in Guyana is projected to increase to 4.1 per cent by the end of the year from the 1.7 per cent recorded at the end of March.
But Minister Singh has labelled the article as spurious.
“Either they have the same arithmetic challenge that the APNU/AFC has, that is, they count or do not know numbers or they are intent on misrepresenting the facts because the Bank of Guyana Quarterly Annual Report did not say that there is going to be a doubling of cost of living. The Bank of Guyana report simply reported what first-quarter inflation is going to be and presented an updated outlook… based on what was projected in the [2022] Budget,” he told this publication on the sidelines of an event recently.
According to the Finance Minister, this forecasted increase in the inflation rate cannot possibly mean that cost of living will double.
“A report that says you have 1.7 per cent inflation in the first quarter and said that the Budget projects 4.1 per cent inflation for the whole year simply means that prices would increase by 4.1 per cent. For cost of living to double, prices have to increase by 100 per cent. So, a doubling of the inflation rate from 1.7 to 4.1 cannot possibly constitute a doubling of the cost of living.”
“To report that that means that cost of living would double can only translate to an intent to deceive. And so that headline was completely inaccurate, misleading, and downright mischievous, and does not reflect what was said in the quarterly report issued by the Bank of Guyana… So, that headline was crafted by a completely mischievous individual or a person who is numerically illiterate,” the Minister contended.
In fact, this similar point was also driven home by Chief Statistician of the Bureau of Statistics, Errol La Cruez, who has debunked the report.
“Note that inflation is the general increase in prices and the inflation rate is reported in percentages. That is to say inflation of two per cent means prices increased by two per cent and inflation of four per cent means prices increased by four per cent,” La Cruez said in a social media post on Sunday.
He added, “In other words, if something cost $100 last year and it had inflation of two per cent this means it now costs $102 and if there is inflation of four per cent then it would cost $104. Which is just four dollars more than the $100 price last year and two dollars more than the $102 price earlier this year.”
The Chief Statistician noted that even in the reports which claim that cost of living will double this year, the reports also reference an article that inflation will increase from 2 per cent earlier this year to 4 per cent by year-end.
“Which, to be abundantly clear, is absolutely wrong! How is it that prices moving from $102 to $104 (represent) a doubling of prices/cost of living? I want to believe that this is a case of trying to sensationalise and perhaps deliberately mislead people,” he said.
Back in May, President Dr Irfaan Ali had announced a series of ground-breaking measures, ranging from cash grants to households in hinterland and riverine communities to the provision of free fertilisers for farmers, which are aimed at improving the lives of citizens.
The first initiative he had announced was the distribution of a one-off $25,000 cash grant to every household in the riverine and hinterland communities of the country. This measure, according to Ali, will result in $800 million being pumped into the economy and will cushion the impacts of the rising cost of living.
He had also announced fertiliser support to farmers in order to cushion the impact of the rising cost of fertiliser on farmers and to limit the trickle-down effect on food prices, by the Government purchasing 1 billion dollars’ worth of fertiliser for free distribution to farmers.
The third measure announced by the Government is the setting up a special unit to help landowners of both private and Government-owned lots build their houses.
President Ali said the unit will support applicants with the process of applying to banks for financing and with the initial phase of construction by releasing the necessary resources. Persons will also have the option of choosing $7 million, $9 million, or $12 million house models, for the Government to help them build.
Since taking office in 2020, the Ali-led Administration has introduced several measures to put more disposable income in the pockets of Guyanese. From the onset, VAT was removed from water and electricity. There has also been an increase in old-age pension and public assistance, putting $2.3 billion and $432 million, respectively, into the pockets of Guyanese.
Nevertheless, Minister Singh has further reassured Guyanese that the PPP/C Government will continue to monitor the situation and make interventions as required.
“I don’t want to be specific about what those future interventions are but I do want to assure the Guyanese people that the Government continues to be extremely mindful of the realities globally and the realities domestically… and will do all that we can to alleviate the situation,” he posited.
In fact, the Government had allocated some $5 billion in the 2022 Budget to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living.
According to the Finance Minister, these monies have not been exhausted. Portions have so far been used to fund interventions such as fertiliser support and the riverine and hinterland household grant.
While he could not provide an exact amount as to how much was spent thus far at the time when he was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event recently, Dr Singh explained that Government will ascertain how the remaining money will be utilised as the needs arise.
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The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government plans to go out to tender for a partner to help them develop the Block C offshore oil block, which is currently unawarded and which the Government believes holds significant resources and investment potential.
This was according to Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, during the Guyana-Saudi Arabia Investment Engagement that was held in the dome of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on Saturday. He described it as a major opportunity for investors.
“There’s a major opportunity for persons, companies, and countries that wish to invest in Guyana’s oil and gas sector. If you notice, Block C, which is close to Suriname and is close to the discovery, Apache discovery in Suriname, that block is unawarded.”
“It still lies with the Government of Guyana. And we’ve already decided that before the end of this year, we will go out through an open bidding process, to award Block C to any country, company or organisation, that is willing to partner with us to develop Block C,” Bharrat further said.
Earlier this year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo had said that Guyana had been the recipient of significant interest, particularly from Middle Eastern companies, to partner with the State in developing Guyana’s remaining blocks.
Guyana has long been expected to go out and auction oil blocks, both untapped and relinquished. Considering the more than 30 oil finds that have been made by oil giant ExxonMobil in the Stabroek Block, the country is likely to be in a good position to leverage the value of those blocks when the context of the global oil and gas industry is considered.
The relinquishment clause is typically included in contracts so that companies can relinquish a portion of the block when the renewable period is up, thereby allowing other companies to buy into the respective blocks.
For the Stabroek and Canje Blocks, operators are required to relinquish 20 per cent of their blocks after the first renewal period; while those of the Demerara and Corentyne Blocks are expected to relinquish 15 per cent within this period.
The Kaieteur Block’s relinquishment provision is said to be 25 per cent, then 20 per cent by the first renewal; with the Mahaicony and Roraima Blocks at 25 per cent. By the time of the first renewal for the Orinduik Block, the operators are not expected to relinquish any portion.
Another revelation from Bharrat during his presentation to the Saudi investors, is that Guyana is currently producing 300,000 barrels of oil per day, from the Liza Phase One and Two fields and the Liza Destiny and Unity Floating Production and Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessels, combined.
“We discovered oil in May of 2015, and we started production in December of 2019. To date we are producing at over 300,000 barrels per day with only two FPSOs. This, I’m sure you would agree with me, is unprecedented speed and I don’t think this has happened in any small developing country around the world – the rate at which we are moving our petroleum sector.”
“We have already signed two more licences. So very soon, as a matter-of-fact next year, we will see our third FPSO arriving in Guyana’s waters. Which will have a capacity of 220,000 barrels per day. And this will take us close to 600,000 by the ending of 2023,” Bharrat said.
He also noted that in the case of the Yellowtail development, a fourth FPSO will arrive in Guyana by 2024 called the One Guyana FPSO.
This, he said, will produce 250,000 barrels. Another Field Development Plan (FDP), for the fifth Warrau development, will also be handed over to Guyana very soon.
“And Government will be placed in a position where we will review and finally approve the fifth project in the Stabroek Block. And that will take us to over 1 million barrels per day of production. And this, we see, will happen in another five to six years from today. So, by 2027-2028, Guyana will be safely producing over 1 million barrels of oil per day,” the Minister said.
The Stabroek Block is 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometres). ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEGPL) is operator and holds 45 per cent interest in the Stabroek Block. Hess Guyana Exploration Limited holds 30 per cent interest and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds 25 per cent interest.
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