CDC supports ExxonMobil’s national oil spill response exercise

Oct 09, 2025 News

(Kaieteur News) – The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) fully supported a two-day major multi-agency oil spill response exercise which concluded yesterday at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

CDC supports ExxonMobil’s national oil spill response exercise

Participants at the agency oil spill response exercise

The event, hosted by ExxonMobil Guyana and facilitated by The Response Group (TRG) was aimed at bringing together national and sectoral stakeholders to test coordination, communications, and incident command procedures under simulated offshore incident conditions.

The CDC’s participation reinforces its mandate as Guyana’s Competent National Authority for Disaster Risk Management (DRM)and particularly for oil spill response and its key coordinating role in ensuring an integrated and effective response to potential oil spill incidents. The CDC is supported by the attendance of other key Government Agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Guyana Fire Service (GFS), Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) Guyana Fire Service (GFS), Guyana Police Force (GPF).

CDC Director General, Colonel Nazrul Hussain, noted that this exercise forms part of Guyana’s broader efforts to strengthen preparedness and inter-agency coordination in alignment with the New Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Act, 2025, and the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP). CDC remains committed to supporting all national and regional partners in developing a cohesive, well-trained response network that protects people, ecosystems, and economic assets.

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