An application for proof that ExxonMobil has lodged a US$2 billion guarantee which is intended to indemnify Guyana against an oil spill and associated perils, is being resisted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the oil company, which are contending that the court has no jurisdiction to so order.
Senior Counsel Seenath Jairam who represents the Applicants asking for proof that the guarantee has indeed been lodged, described the actions of the EPA as tactics intended to delay; stating that “this dilly-dallying has to stop.”
An incensed Jairam declared that ExxonMobil was “playing with fire,” while stating that he will bring contempt proceedings against the oil company for non-compliance and that he was prepared to go all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) if he has to.
