Neighbours partner for oil spill readiness

(Guyana Chronicle) GUYANA is working along with Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname for the development of a Technical Working Group and other agreements for a clear plan of action on oil spill readiness.

This was relayed by Senior Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Donnette Streete on Monday at the Enhancing Offshore E&P Regional Capacity: Operational and Environmental Safeguards Conference. “We are in the process of setting up a Technical Working Group with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and…we expect to come to an agreement about oil spill response preparedness and so on with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,” she stated.

At the time she was speaking on the topic of international protocols and Regional Cooperation.
She also stated that such efforts, in relation to Trinidad and Tobago, have been made easier through Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Energy Sector Cooperation signed between the two countries in September 2018.

Article 2 F of the MOU states: “The Parties may cooperate in the following areas…the development of policies, plans and protocols relating to health, safety and the environment and the establishment of procedures to prevent and respond to operational accidents which may result in damage, environmental impacts and personal injury…” The signing came following a State visit of Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley.

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Source: CARICOM TODAY