Claxton Bay, Marabella residents welcome refinery’s reopening
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March 8, 2025
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More than six years after the closure of the Guaracara Refinery, residents and business owners in fenceline communities are finally seeing a glimmer of hope for, what they say, would be a better quality of life.
This renewed optimism came from the announcement by acting Prime Minister Stuart Young on February 27 that Oando PLC has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the lease of the refinery.
More than 5,000 workers lost their jobs and businesses were either crippled or downsized when Petrotrin closed its doors on November 30, 2018.
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