The Ministry of Natural Resources has denied a Huffington Post report that that the United States’ Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI) is “involved in writing oil and gas regulations for the country of Guyana, where Exxon has just announced another major oil find.”
The January 17 report on the online blog, headlined ‘Conflict: Tillerson would Write the Rules for Exxon’s Major Oil Find in Guyana,’ argues that if Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil, were to be confirmed as US Secretary of State, he would in essence be in charge of a programme which “is currently helping the Guyanese government write profit sharing agreements, environmental regulations, and develop a