Gov’t, IDB in meeting on oil sector

From left to right: Dr, Jan Mangal, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, and the IDB team led by Representative in Guyana, Sophie Makonnen, Ramon Espinasa, Lenin Balza and Carlos Sucre. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

A team from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of State, Joseph Harmon for an exploratory meeting, which was also attended by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, at the Ministry of the Presidency.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the team is exploring the possible roles that the IDB could play in supporting Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector and included the IDB Representative in Guyana, Sophie Makonnen, Lead Oil and Gas Specialist in the Energy Division, Ramon Espinasa, Economist- Energy, Lenin Balza and Consultant in the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Section, Carlos Sucre.

During the meeting, the release said that Harmon relayed that