Refined Fuels Deal at Center of US Lawsuit A legal dispute involving a refined fuels agreement between the Guyana government and a US company has escalated into a lawsuit in an American court. The case centers on allegations that confidential trade information was misused to gain an advantage in securing the deal. The lawsuit, filed in Florida in late February, names former Tennessee congressman Mark Green, lobbyist and attorney Marc C. Hebert, and Hebert’s law firm Jones Walker LLP as defendants. The suit was brought by Curlew Mainstream LLC and Playera Group Global LLC, which claim the defendants improperly used protected business information to pursue a refined fuels contract with Guyana. The report by the Nashville Banner states that Green, who served as a congressman during the time the alleged misconduct occurred, traveled to Guyana multiple times. Hebert, who previously represented Playera as it collaborated with Curlew to secure the fuel supply arrangement, is accused of leveraging confidential details from that relationship to establish a competing venture with Green. Last year, Green and Hebert formed Prosimos, a company the lawsuit alleges was created to compete for a similar fuel agreement in Guyana. The filing claims that during a meeting in Washington, D.C., in April 2025, Green and Hebert suggested they could influence whether Curlew Midstream secured a proposed fuel exchange agreement. At the time, Green was chairman of the US House Homeland Security Committee. The same week, Prosimos was established in Florida, and the defendants allegedly communicated with the Guyanese government about issues with Curlew’s pending agreement, actions the plaintiffs say delayed the deal.#mark_green #marc_c_hebert #guyana #curlew_midstream #playera_group_global
