Search still on for oil spill principals

Workers of Oil Mop Environmental Services (OMES) suction oil from a spill at Magdalena Grand Resort, in Tobago Island, Trinidad and Tobago, February 16, 2024. REUTERS/Clement George Williams

Preliminary inquiries point to Guyana as the destination for a sunken barge spilling oil off Tobago’s coast but GPL yesterday it has not been advised by any of its suppliers of problems resulting in the loss of cargo.

With Trinidadian information pointing to Guyana as the destination for the fuel, that country’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley yesterday said that discussions are currently ongoing to determine the procuring entity.

Rowley’s statements comes even as the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) distanced itself from procuring the oil.