Possible conflict of interest highlighted in Mangals’ relationship with Government, Exxon

Jul 30, 2017 News

Persons who spoke on the grounds of anonymity have highlighted a possible case of conflict of interest in the relationship between the Mangal brothers, the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil.
Dr. Jan Mangal is one of the government’s main advisors on oil. He occupies an Office at the Ministry of the Presidency. Dr. Mangal is supposed to help government secure the best deal it can with ExxonMobil and in other areas help Government make wise policies for all things relating to oil.
His brother, Lars Mangal, is working with ExxonMobil. He recently won a bid to construct an onshore facility for ExxonMobil.
In March, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced that Dr. Jan Mangal was appointed as Petroleum Advisor.
Harmon said that Dr. Mangal is contracted to advise Government on the development of the petroleum industry. He will be advising the Minister and the Ministry of Natural Resources on matters of policy.
Dr. Mangal said that he will be looking at the issue of energy generation in a holistic manner in keeping with the country’s ‘green agenda’. He said, too, that it’s not only the power sector and the green agenda but it’s also about infrastructure, the revenue from the petroleum and the needs of the sector as whole.
Dr. Mangal has a Doctorate in Offshore Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Edinburg. He worked in marine and oil and gas industries for the past 18 years in various parts of the world including the United States, West Africa, and the Philippines.
Dr. Jan Mangal’s brother, Lars Mangal, has established a company, Totaltec Oilfield Services. The company which was established in 2016 has partnered with ExxonMobil.
Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYSBI) is currently constructing an onshore base facility to service ExxonMobil’s offshore operations. The site is located at the Muneshwers wharf in Houston, East Bank, Demerara. The wharf is being converted from a container port into the onshore base facility.
GYSBI is a partnership between Muneshwers Limited, Pacific Rim Constructors, Totaltec Oilfield Services and LED Offshore.
The 28-acre warehousing and logistics base will see services that were previously accessed in Trinidad and Tobago by Exxon, being brought to Guyana. Those services include port facilities, accommodations on site, fuel bunkering, bulk cementing and mud plants.
The offshore facility will employ an estimated 100 persons directly, and 200-300 persons indirectly when it is fully operational.

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