Has GuySuco ended operations at Skeldon?

Mar 18, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
In my letter to the print media, (KN, Feb. 25th, 2017), I committed to provide this nation with fact based details and analysis on the sugar industry despite the excruciating pain it inflicts on GuySuCo’s IMC and its massively huge salaries for the top boys. Editor, I will demonstrate once again the deceptive tactics employed by GuySuCo to achieve its shut-down and sell-out goals. It is now public knowledge that GuySuCo’s CEO proposes divestment of Skeldon Estate, a process projected to deliver 1.6 billion dollars to GuySuCo’s coffers and reduce Govt.’s overall subsidy for 2017. The Corporation is also pellucid that it does not have resources to maintain that Estate. Govt. has latched onto these positions and is pursuing divestment relentlessly.
We now come to GuySuCo’s belated announcement of the abandonment of the 1st crop 2017 at Skeldon citing two unsafe boilers as the reason. In that announcement, GuySuCo shifted focus to Skeldon Energy Inc (SEI) and explained that, the company is making “every effort” to operationalize the two cogeneration units in late August 2017 giving an impression that Skeldon will operate in 2nd crop 2017. In condensing these pieces of information on Skeldon, we have (1) a keen interest to divest, (2) no resources to sustain operations and (3) dependence on SEI to the fix co-generation plants. From this, the obvious questions that come to any logical mind are:
(1) Assuming that SEI fixes the cogeneration plant by August 2017, will GuySuCo operate Skeldon in 2nd crop 2017? The Corporation already stated that it does not have resources to do so.
(2) What is the present status of repair works on the cogeneration plant?
If repair work is not in progress at this moment, it is clear that there is no urgency to complete such works by August 2017. Any major boiler repair such as replacing generating and superheating tubes, repairs to air-heaters and economizers are time consuming. My fellow citizens ought to brace for another stunning announcement on cancellation of operations for 2nd crop 2017. If this materializes, GuySuCo has effectively ended operations at Skeldon using safety and SEI as scapegoats. The IMC and its mill-stone team would have executed a classical method of deception on this nation to achieve its goal of increasing unemployment in this country and pave the way for the basement selling price of this most prized estate in Guyana.
Sookram Persaud

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