Guyana and the Wider World

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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