Suriname, South America's smallest and greenest country, is tying its future to a $10.5bn offshore oil development led by TotalEnergies. As energy markets around the world reel from wars with Russia a
Most oil consumption can be curtailed, don’t forget that our children grandchildren and great grandchildren will need materials we get from the petrochemical industry in their time. At the moment oil is needed for Aviation and shipping, most of the other areas we use oil can be replaced by electric transport.
Please make sure to make good reforms, squash corruption, invest in infrastructure and high quality education alined to the job market. I wish the best for that country in every area.
Surinam can look at successful resource economies such as Norway and Botswana and learn the lesson of saving the bounty for the future. Because the future is bleak for oil & gas!
Excelente documentário!! O ouro negro está outra vez a suplementar o ouro verde ...que é mais sustentável?! É uma transição cheia de percalços?! Os combustíveis fósseis estão a ganhar e ainda estamos tão dependentes dele...quando travamos esta adição?!
kind of surprises me that all this infrastructure and economic development is only 6000 jobs. Like it feels like more people should be employed in this
I've lived in Brunei for almost ten years, the population is similar with vast untouched rain forest. The country has vast amounts of oil and gas and the people have truly prospered even with the sultan and his family taking almost all the wealth for themselves. Suriname must invest in its people and infrastructure and it should turn out ok. Just look at the Scandinavian.
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