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Drilled

The Contract: Inside ExxonMobil's Guyana Oil Deal

Drilled

Pushkin Industries

Earth Sciences, True Crime, Science

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After a year of pressure from local press and civil groups, the Guyanese government finally released its oil contract with ExxonMobil to the public. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls it an unfair deal for Guyana. Some local leaders implore the government to renegotiate the contract, but others say that's a fool's errand and fighting the contract should be done in court.

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0:00.0

Guyana, it's Glen again. Dick Ducking. I am on Dick Duck again. Dick Duck! I'm here to

0:08.5

tickle you guys again. This is Glen Law. He's the publisher of the newspaper

0:15.7

Keana Wilberg works for. Kiteer News. He is not your average publisher and I'm

0:21.9

not just talking about his penchant for statement hats and snazzy shirts.

0:27.1

I changed my shirt again. I have no idea how much he off this month. If you watch

0:32.0

Law's videos you will be seeing him in different clothes, different shoes and with glittering jewelry.

0:37.9

But Law isn't just a larger than life character. He's also an influencer. He has more than 20,000

0:44.4

followers on Tiktok and he's a content machine. He puts out a video almost every day. Glen

0:51.5

again, Dick Ducking. It's Friday. Glen ticking you, but this time I'm ticking you guys

0:56.4

differently. Lots of his videos have over a hundred thousand views. That's a pretty big

1:02.5

number in a country with fewer than 800,000 residents. And Glen Law hosts a show on YouTube

1:08.7

that he broadcasts on Kiteer's radio station. A newspaper, a radio show, a YouTube channel,

1:15.5

TikToks. It's kind of a lot. But it's all part of a strategy. Law doesn't just want to put

1:22.0

information out into the world. He wants to reach the masses. And he knows how to speak their

1:26.9

language. Literally. It's a version of Pat Woods called Creoleese. So it's English and we have our

1:33.3

own lingual that's mixed into that. That's Keana Wilberg, the journalist from Law's newspaper,

1:38.8

Kiteer News that we heard from last time. She says most people in Guyana and especially working class

1:45.3

people speak Creoleese. We heard it a lot too. Like when our taxi driver took us to get some

1:51.3

typical Guyanese snacks on the way to the Kiteer News office. It hot. Okay. It's more pappata, it hot.

1:59.1

Very hot. It scares me. It scares you. Too hot. No, it's a hero. I mean, watch. You said you didn't

2:10.1

need it. I don't eat. I eat it one-way mistake. That's a kind of thing. Me one,

2:15.7

one, one, one, one, one, can I experience me? Me, they put an excellent experience like that.

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