With a recent oil spill from Trinidad and Tobago having reached the coast of Venezuela, the region, and particularly Guyana, is once again being reminded of the environmental and other risks that attend the potentially lucrative oil industry.
Last week, the media in the region were reporting that the oil spill emanating from Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company had crossed the international boundary into the eastern coastline of Venezuela and that Trinidad and Tobago’s
