For Whom and When ? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 May 2023– Suriname’s state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., TotalEnergies Suriname and QatarEnergy signed production sharing contracts for offshore blocks 6 and 8 on Monday May 8, 2023. In 2021, a Shallow Offshore Bid Round was completed offshore the South American country. Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) have already…
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wealth and equality eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 May 2023 –The most striking news to emerge from Suriname’s recently concluded Energy, Oil and Gas Summit (SEOGS) 2022 was uttered by the Vice President of Offshore at Staatsolie, Glenn Corrie – that 30 billion barrels of oil equivalent awaits discovery in the South American nation’s oil basin. Het offshore gebied van Suriname bevat…
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Carbon Credit Case Study (Suriname) Presentation by John Goedschalk, CEO of Conservation International Suriname at the NOAH Conference Zurich 2021, 6-7 December, The Circle. John Goedschalk, the CEO of Conservation International Suriname, delivered an insightful presentation at the NOAH Conference Zurich 2021, held at The Circle on 6-7 December. He shared his organization’s vision for…
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Oil & Gas for Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, May 8th 2023– France’s TotalEnergies is continuing drilling operations offshore Suriname in Block 58 as it tries to develop an oil pool, CEO Patrick Pouyanné said on the company’s first quarter of 2023 webcast. The last appraisal well in the block is being drilled, but the difficulty in…
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The gold connection between West-Africa and Suriname The Cultural Origin of African Surinamers by Ba Kwasi (Christopher Healy) 6 June 2022 (09:45) The gable of the Iamgold Office in Paramaribo, Suriname is adorned with a profile portrait of Mansa Musa (1312-1337), the ninth Mansa (king) of the Mali Empire (6th to 13th century).…
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Task for Companies, Schools and of course the Government eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 5 may 2023 — 185 investors with total assets under management worldwide in excess of $10 trillion have signed a statement. In the statement, they demand that companies take a more radical approach to reducing their reliance on plastics. They call on intensive users…
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One Question eyesonsuriname 1️⃣ How does a bank ‘work’? A bank is split into banking assets that is what a bank owns vs liabilities or what a bank owes. A bank’s assets, like the US$23 trillion in the US): They help the bank generate income and a ‘healthy’ portfolio includes a mix of loans plus…
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Cautious recovery start eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, May 4, 2023– After protracted negotiations since 2020, the government has reached an agreement in principle with the Eurobond Creditor Committee on the restructuring of the Oppenheimer debts. These debts weigh heavily on the budget and limit the financial scope to implement policy for the population. The restructuring of the…
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A Most Precious Gift geert camerlinkcx/ eyesonsuriname Amsterdam May 2nd 2023–Perhaps it was not experienced as such by most, but the most precious gift Surinamese society has received in the past year comes from the Constitutional Court. More specifically when its president announced on 5 August that the most recently used electoral system had not passed…
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Gold Provisional Measure eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 26 april 2023– According to reports from Brazilian media, Brasilia has concluded the Gold Provisional Measure (MP) which eliminates the concept of good faith and mandates the use of electronic invoices for the purchase, sale, and transportation of gold within the country. The Justice Minister, Flávio Dino, has already signed the…
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