Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill presented

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday read the Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill, which seeks to provide the framework for the monitoring and regulation of efficient, safe, effective and environmentally responsible exploration, development and production of the resource in Guyana through the setting up of a Petroleum Commission.

The Bill, which has 51 clauses, was read for the first time in the National Assembly but Trotman signalled the administration’s intention to have it sent to a select