Oil companies operating in Guyana should allow regulatory authorities “unfettered” access to their operations, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director Dr Vincent Adams has said.
“There should be no prevention or stiff-arming of government employees or people who provide oversight to go on that rig at any time,” Adams on Monday told an oil and gas conference on operational and environmental safeguards, where representatives from all operators here were in attendance.
He said that while his agency does not at the moment have the oversight capacity, he believes that government is committed to ensuring that they get the resources needed to execute their mandate and when local oversight bodies seek to fulfil their duties, they should not be barred because of any legal clauses.
“I am not going to stand here and lie to you and tell you that we are ready… but we should not be prevented from visiting the sites at any time, including unannounced visits,” Adams said.
