ENERGY minister Phillip Paulwell has set a deadline of January 2016 for the completion of the expansion and upgrade of the state-run oil refinery Petrojam.
Paulwell, guest speaker on Monday at two Constant Spring Road-based service stations which have introduced the eco-friendly Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel, said the construction had to be along that timetable.
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A section of the government-operated oil refinery Petrojam.
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“We have been told the new generating capacity of electricity will be in place by January, 2016, so we have to finish the expansion and upgrade of the refinery by then,” Paulwell told Auto.
Paulwell, the minister of science, technology, energy and mining, said he would advance the argument at tomorrow’s PetroCaribe Summit in Nicaragua.
Jamaica is one of 18 countries which benefit from the PetroCaribe agreement, drafted by the now deceased