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Put your affairs in order! Get Licensed Today!
updated June 21, 2010

All persons involved in the wholesale, retail sale, transport and/or storage of Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene, Bitumen, LPG, Lubricants, etc) whose licences have expired or who do not currently hold licences from the GEA, please be informed that the GEA Legal & Licensing Division is in the process of accepting renewal applications and new applications.

Please be reminded that failure to take out or renew the relevant licence makes you liable to be charged under the GEA legislation for offences carrying penalties of the following:

  • a fine of three million dollars;
  • a term of imprisonment of three years; and forfeiture of the petroleum and petroleum products and containers containing same.

DON'T BE CAUGHT IN DEFAULT. PUT YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER. GET LICENSED TODAY!

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The Guyana Energy Agency is pleased to launch a campaign to promote energy saving and awareness. Read More

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To ensure the rational and efficient use of imported petroleum-based energy sources, while encouraging, where economically feasible and environmentally acceptable, increased utilization of indigenous new and renewable sources of energy.

The following is an overview of the functional Divisions of the Agency and their roles in achieving the mission of the Agency. The mandate of the Agency is executed in the following functional areas:

  • Non-Conventional Energy Management;
  • Administering and monitoring petroleum imports;
  • Maintenance of energy statistics;
  • Marking and testing of gasoline, diesel and kerosene imported; and
  • Issuing of licences to importers, wholesalers, retailers and transporters of petroleum and petroleum products.

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