Haitians in court over TPS
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company said that it would be drilling
two wells in the month of January alone
— Haimara 1 and Tilapia1 — as it races
at breakneck speed to get its prized
Guyana oilfields up and running in the
shortest possible time.
In all, 17 wells will be drilled in this
phase with about half being used to
actually produce oil while the remainder
will either store gas or be used
as injector wells to maintain pressure
in those bearing oil. Guyana is a net
importer of oil and gas.
Back in May of 2015, the supermajor
along with Hess Oil of the US and
Nexen of China announced that they
had found “world class deposits” of oil
and gas about 100 miles offshore Guyana
and was moving with alacrity to
cash in on its sweet, light crude in an
unusually rich basin between Guyana
and Trinidad. The consortium already
has three drill ships in the area, dividing
work between drilling and appraising
wells. Guyana is ironically surrounded
by oil producing neighbors including
Venezuela, Brazil, Trinidad and Suriname
but is among the last to actually
confirm proven oil and gas fields.
But while the consortium is racing to
begin producing and exporting oil, Guyanese
authorities say they are also under
pressure to put the supporting legislative
and other frameworks in place.
Department of Energy official Mark
Bynoe said this week that the key pieces
of legislation will be in place before a
barrel of first oil comes to the surface
from the seabed.
“As you might have noted, the Sovereign
Wealth Fund bill was recently
passed in parliament and we are completing
work on the local content legislation
and the one relating to the work
of the petroleum commission. We are
doing our thing while they are doing
theirs and we are still holding to production
beginning in the first quarter
of 2020 until we get definitive word
from the company. That is the official
line we are holding onto,” he told this
publication.
Guyana oil
earlier than
expected
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remain infuriated by this administration’s
cruel, inhumane, and racist
decision to end the TPS program,”
added Clarke, who has been
in the vanguard of supporting TPS
for Haitians.
“Today’s trial is critically important,
as we demand a ruling that
will strike down this unlawful termination
for Haitian TPS,” continued
the representative for the 9th
Congressional District in Brooklyn.
“We must not let up in the fight for
justice, fairness and equity. This
decision must be reversed.”
Clarke said Saget et al v. Trump is
one of five lawsuits currently in the
US federal courts fighting against
the separation of TPS holders and
their families.
Brooklyn Council Member Dr.
Mathieu Eugene, the first Haitian
to be elected to New York City
Council, on Monday, joined the
National Lawyers Guild, the labor
union 32BJ SEIU, colleagues and
immigration activists at the US
federal courthouse in downtown
Brooklyn in support of legal action
to halt the expiration of TPS for
Haitians.,
Eugene, who represents the predominantly
Caribbean 40th Council
District in Brooklyn, noted that
TPS protects the rights of more
than 50,000 Haitian immigrants
and their families to live and work
in the US.
Trump has set the expiration of
TPS for Haitians for July 2019.
“The country of Haiti has been
subjected to numerous natural disasters,
including hurricanes, tropical
storms, and the horrific earthquake
of 2010,” Eugene said. “In addition,
Haiti’s socioeconomic infrastructure
is not stable enough to handle
an influx of Haitian nationals whose
lives are being disrupted due to the
end of Temporary Protected Status
in July.
“These are hardworking people
depend on their ability to live in the
United States and provide for their
families,” he added, stating that he
had called on the federal government
“many times to do what is
right and extend TPS for Haiti as a
humanitarian gesture.”
“Today, I stand together with
advocates and those fighting for
immigration rights to ensure that
the ability of our Haitian workers
to pursue the American dream is
upheld,” the council member said.
Eugene’s colleague in New York
City Council, Jumaane Williams,
the son of Grenadian immigrants,
also rallied on Monday in support of
preventing the termination of TPS
for Haitians.
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The Noble Bobb Douglas oil rig located
offshore Guyana.
Photo by Bert Wilkinson
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