Activists write CARICOM Chair on risks of Exxon’s offshore Guyana operations to Caribbean coastline

Worst case scenario of an oil spill offshore Guyana

With ExxonMobil ramping up activities offshore Guyana and the government granting more permits to advance the process, a group of environmental activists have written to Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Belizean Prime Minister Johnny Briceño outlining possible risks of the operations.

In a letter, dated April 8, 2022 and seen by Sunday Stabroek, activists Darshanand Khusial of the Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) along with Vincent Adams, Alfred Bhulai, Janette Bulkan, Darshanand Khusial, Joe Persaud, Mike Persaud, Ganga Ramdas, and Charles Sugrim called for CARICOM’s intervention.