The 2017 budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Natural Resources have been approved, allowing for, among other things, the procurement and outfitting of a building for the newly established Petroleum Division.
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman in his presentation to the Supply Committee of the National Assembly announced that of the $178.963 million budgeted for the purchase of furniture and equipment, sums will also be used to rent and outfit a building to house the projected 14 staffers of the newly established Petroleum Division.