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Is a change in my previous OPEC recommendation warranted?

Introduction OPEC It is not my purpose here and now to repeat the several earlier assessments of OPEC I have made since the start of this series on Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector back in 2016, save and except to recall that OPEC is an inter-governmental body, which has declared its primary goal as the coordination and unification of its members’ petroleum policies.

Re-capping where my general Theorising stands

Introduction Following several comments and queries sent by readers I  have come to the realization that, perhaps due to the length of the present series and complementing that, the irregularity  of some readers of the columns, not surprisingly some of the readers have lost track of the sequence of the treatment on which I am presently proceeding.

World class potential and national budget data 2021/22 as indicators of its present condition

 Introduction Thus far I have considered four of the ten sample indicators, which I had earlier advanced can provide an adequate profile of the present condition of Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector: namely 1) existential threats, Venezuelan territorial aggression and environmental catastrophe; 2) modelled cost shares for crude oil production; 3) oil price projection; and 4) the World Bank’s call on Guyana’s boom cycle. 

Guyana’s Emergent Oil and Gas Sector: Linking Guyana’s Petroleum Sector to ExxonMobil’s turnaround from its Zombification

Introduction A month ago, in my February 13 column, I had readily acknowledged my strong support for the widely expressed judgment that “ExxonMobil in the second half of the 2010s and certainly all of 2020, had become a classic zombie firm, as that term is defined… in business, finance and economics” I used the preceding month to evaluate whether a turnaround away from this zombie status was likely; beginning in Q4 2021.

More on ExxonMobil’s ability to turn around its Zombification

Introduction My two immediately preceding columns have been dedicated to exploring, for reader’s benefit the thesis advanced by Envision Research, which argues that, ExxonMobil, an iconic Global 500 corporation, can successfully turnaround its fortunes away from its heavy indebtedness and ongoing zombification – if it could arrive at a financial position where it is able to generate sufficient revenues to be able to invest in its own self-driven or organic growth.

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