Trinidad and Tobago-based Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) and local partner GuyGas Inc came out as the first-ranked firms for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant in Phase One of the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project.

The Office of the Prime Minister, which has responsibility for the energy sector in Guyana, announced in a statement on Tuesday that following a competitive public procurement and evaluation process, Cabinet has given its no-objection to the commencement of negotiations with these two firms for an O&M arrangement regarding the NGL operations.

According to its website, PPGPL is a leading natural gas processing, fractionation, and NGL marketing company in Couva, Trinidad. On the other hand, Guygas Inc is a 100 per cent Guyanese-owned family business located in the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, and based on information from its website, it is the only Guyanese company in the country that bottles and distributes cooking gas, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).