Juhasz, Antonia. (2021, August 17). Exxon’s oil drilling gamble off Guyana coast ‘poses major environmental risk.’ The Guardian, pp. 1–4. From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/17/exxon-oil-drilling-guyana-disaster-risk

In South America, the powerful oiling company Exxon,  has been extracting oil from the coast of Guyana. Their operation has been going since 2019 where they have been deepwater drilling for vast amounts of oil. They have now received charges for disregard for safety from experts who believe that  the company has “failed to adequately prepare for possible disaster”.  In addition, experts have been reporting that the company has been taking advantage of the weak Guyana government by abusing their resources and being extremely unsafe. By 2025, the company hopes to produce over 800,00o gallons of oil per day which would make them the largest single source of fossil fuel production anywhere in the world.

 

This article demonstrates the overwhelming amount of power these big companies have throughout the world. They are taking advantage of a weak, poor country for the use of its oil while destroying its land. The article has illustrated numerous times of how destructive these oil drilling are to the environment as they are polluting the water. Furthermore, the enormous amounts of oil they are expected to produce by 2025 is unbelievable as they are taking the lead into worsening global warming.