US energy governance officials on visit

Attorney General Basil Williams (sixth from left) with the ECGI team and others. (Ministry of Legal Affairs photo)

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Basil Williams SC  on Wednesday met with a team from the US Department of State’s Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI).

A release from the AG’s Chambers said that the team explained that it is committed to building infrastructural and institutional databases as well as to providing technical aid to countries that are in the early stages of developing an oil and gas industry.

“The team has committed to assisting in the oil and gas initiative as well as making observations on existing practices. The team hopes to