GGMC considering joining international petroleum negotiators body

Attendees at last evening’s meeting

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is considering joining the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), a global independent not-for-profit support organization, in hopes of tapping into its repository of expertise in supporting oil and gas negotiations.

“There are a number of benefits of us joining, given their… expertise in oil and gas negotiations,” GGMC head Newell Dennison told Stabroek News last evening, following the organisation’s first meeting here, which was held at Herdmanston Lodge, Georgetown.

He added that the US$175 annual fee is not exorbitant for the amount of resources that would be available to the GGMC as a member.