Having basked in the glare of the global limelight that came with the country’s persistence in its search for a fortune-changing oil bonanza, Suriname has gotten down to the business of making way for its critical partner, the French company Total, in the allocation to the contractors who will undertake the various critical tasks associated with the oil-recovery end of the operations. The critical importance of the various facets of the oil recovery exercise, going forward, is reflected in a November 16 Reuters report that a total of US$3 billion in contract awards have already been concluded.