En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal has ex­pressed sat­is­fac­tion with the progress of the Kevin Ram­nar­ine-led en­er­gy restart com­mit­tee, not­ing that it re­mains on track to sub­mit its re­port by No­vem­ber.

Ap­point­ed in Ju­ly, the 12-mem­ber com­mit­tee, in­clud­ing for­mer Petrotrin man­agers and Oil­field Work­ers’ Trade Union (OW­TU) of­fi­cials, was giv­en four months to de­vel­op a strat­e­gy for the re­fin­ery’s re­ac­ti­va­tion and sub­mit its re­port.

Asked if he had re­ceived up­dates and was con­tent with the com­mit­tee’s work, Dr Mooni­lal said, “Yes, I have re­ceived reg­u­lar up­dates. The team have con­duct­ed sev­er­al lengthy ses­sions analysing da­ta and el­e­ments of the moth­balling records.”