GOGEC supports closer co-operation, collaboration with T&T

Dead Editor,
The Guyana Oil & Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has noted statements made by concerned organisations, members of the public, and Government ministers regarding our relationship with Trinidad and Tobago as it relates to an impending signing of an MoU between our two countries.
The Guyana Oil & Gas Energy Chamber wishes to place on record that it supports closer co-operation and collaboration with Trinidad and Tobago and all other partners in Caricom.
While we are not privy to the contents of the MoU, we support developing closer linkages with Trinidad and Tobago, particularly in the oil and gas sector.
If this MoU is in the interest of Guyanese businesses and Guyanese people, and would benefit them in a positive and significant way, then the Guyana Oil & Gas Energy Chamber supports this MoU.
There are mixed signals coming from politicians of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago about the closure of Petrotrin and the way forward.
Trinidad’s Honourable Prime Minister Keith Rowley is saying that some of the equipment is too old, the company is losing billions of dollars, and Government cannot afford to keep it afloat; it’s costing the nation too much.
The Opposition Leader, the Honourable Kamla Persaud-Bissessar, is saying Petrotrin has new equipment, and the industry could be saved by, among other things, looking to partner with Guyana in refining its oil.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, GOGEC is of the view that a careful analysis should be made of the operations of Petrotrin and its demise, to see if mismanagement was a major contributing factor. The Government and all stakeholders should work together on the way forward.
The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber will work with the Government, all local business organisations, and all investors from Trinidad and Tobago and further afield to help us develop the oil and gas industry for the benefit of all Guyanese, particularly the poor and vulnerable.

Sincerely,
Guyana Oil & Gas
Energy Chamber
(GOGEC)