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En­er­gy Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal says the gov­ern­ment is con­sid­er­ing every pos­si­ble com­mer­cial arrange­ment to restart the Pointe-à-Pierre re­fin­ery, in­clud­ing part­ner­ships with for­eign gov­ern­ments, in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestors and com­pa­nies that pre­vi­ous­ly bid for the as­set.

Speak­ing at his toy dis­tri­b­u­tion event in Debe on Sat­ur­day, he said the Cab­i­net is now re­view­ing the Re­fin­ery Restart Com­mit­tee’s In­ter­im Re­port, which was de­liv­ered to Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar on Thurs­day. He warned that any de­lay in ad­vanc­ing the project could dri­ve up costs and un­der­mine the restart ef­fort.

“Fur­ther de­lays would make the project it­self un­eco­nom­i­cal and there's a re­al risk that the cost can es­ca­late rapid­ly if we de­lay fur­ther,” he said.