President David Granger yesterday said that the public must be kept informed about developments in the oil sector so that civil society does not think that there is “some underhand relationship” with ExxonMobil.
The President made the remarks in a meeting at State House with executives of ExxonMobil.
In recent months the government has been pressed to release the final contract concluded with ExxonMobil for the Liza 1 well. The government has steadfastly refused to release the contract citing international advice against this. The government has also come under scrutiny over the travel of its ministers to ExxonMobil’s headquarters in Houston, Texas at the expense of the oil company. Neither of these two topics was addressed yesterday by Granger.
According to a Ministry of the Presidency press release, Granger said that the Government will be working with ExxonMobil to develop a long-term relationship founded on transparency, accountability, openness and “aligned interests” for the good of Guyana.
Granger said that at the end of the process, Guyanese must
