Commonwealth team arrives to upgrade upstream gas and oil policy

Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment Raphael Trotman and the Commonwealth team at the meeting

In the light of the recent oil discovery offshore Guyana by US oil giant ExxonMobil, a team from the Commonwealth is here to assist in upgrading Guyana’s Upstream Gas and Oil Policy.

Dr Daniel Wilde and Dr Ekpen Omonbude, economic advisers at the Oceans and Natural Resources Division of the Commonwealth Secretar-iat, yesterday met Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment Raphael Trotman to discuss and begin work on the policy,