The Government of Guyana yesterday affirmed that every action it took in the issuance of a petroleum production licence to the local ExxonMobil subsidiary and its joint venture partners met all legal requirements.
The affirmation came in wake of a report in the previous day’s edition of the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper, under the headline ‘Guyanese campaigners mount legal challenge against three oil giants.’
The Guardian report highlighted a planned legal challenge by a Guyanese group of citizens—A Fair Deal for Guyana – A Fair Deal for the Planet— to the granting of the licence to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited and partners Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited on the basis that the latter two companies were not granted environmental permits.
A statement issued yesterday
