As ExxonMobil prepares for 2020 oil production here, government has assured that it will meet the necessary environmental and occupational health and safety standards to aptly monitor the oil and gas industry and prevent hazards.
“We are not concerned but that is not to say that we are adopting a laissez-faire attitude to just assume all is well. We are working assiduously to put policies and regulations where necessary in place by 2020,” Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, told Stabroek News last Friday, following a site tour of the ExxonMobil’s onshore support base-Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) at Houston EBD.