Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of En­er­gy Ernesto Ke­sar says the Petrotrin re­fin­ery can be restart­ed through a five-phase plan, ac­cord­ing to the find­ings of a re­port sub­mit­ted to Gov­ern­ment by the Re­fin­ery Restart Com­mit­tee chaired by for­mer en­er­gy min­is­ter Kevin Ram­nar­ine.

“De­spite some de­te­ri­o­ra­tion in the as­sets, he is of the firm opin­ion that the re­fin­ery can be restart­ed, and I think we have rec­om­mend­ed a five-phase ap­proach,” Ke­sar told Guardian Me­dia, quot­ing di­rect­ly from the com­mit­tee’s find­ings.

He de­clined to pro­vide fur­ther de­tails ahead of his up­com­ing Bud­get con­tri­bu­tion, but hint­ed that the Prime Min­is­ter will ad­dress em­ploy­ment and en­er­gy mat­ters.