Climate Champion Barbados Opens 19 Deepwater Blocks to Oil Explorers
Mottley's government tenders ultra-deepwater acreage that early, unproven surveys value at up to 13 billion barrels.
Barbados has invited energy companies to bid for 19 ultra-deepwater exploration blocks, with pre-qualification running to September and early seismic work pointing — unproven — to as much as 13 billion barrels of oil in place, a figure that rivals estimates for Guyana’s Stabroek. The awkwardness is plain: Mia Mottley is one of the world’s loudest climate voices, now testing whether she can drill at home while preaching restraint abroad. From Guyana to Suriname to Barbados, the south-eastern Caribbean is becoming one long exploration frontier the diaspora should track.
Source: Rio Times.