– To cater to hazardous waste for local oil and gas sector

HAND-IN-HAND Group of Companies, in collaboration with Tiger Rental out of Trinidad and Tobago, has come together to launch a new company, that is set to treat hazardous waste in the local oil and gas sector.

The new company, Environmental & Technical Solutions Inc. (ETS), was launched on Thursday evening at the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Georgetown.

At the launch, General Manager Shane Singh revealed that ETS was established in August of 2022, with a 100 per cent Guyanese workforce, and has the vision to provide equal opportunity for all Guyanese.

Singh revealed that his journey started some years ago with the Tiger Group, and following some discussions, they partnered with the Hand-in-Hand Group of companies to launch this company.

He added that the company will provide a variety of services and will be known as Guyana’s premier hazardous waste management company. To this end, he stated that they have invested in state-of-the-art technology to collect, transport, treat, and dispose of various waste streams.

“Some of these include equipment to manage various streams of wastewater, waste oils, drilling fluids, contaminated soils and solids and by-products from vessel tank cleaning and spill response clean up,” he said.

Meanwhile, since its establishment last year, he noted that ETS has been working closely with Esso Explorations Guyana Limited, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, here over the last year and has been awarded a five-year contract to support their waste disposal needs.

Further, ETS Director, Denis Latiff, told the gathering that the company is the most advanced and experienced waste management company in Guyana, as it comes with the experience of one of its parent companies, Tiger Rentals, which has been operating in Guyana since 2011.

Also delivering remarks at the event was Hand-in-Hand Executive Director, Keith Evelyn, who stated that as the group of companies explored its options to enter the oil and gas sector, they sought partnerships and were excited to find a partner in Tiger Rentals for this venture.

“This launch sends a message to the persons who crafted local content, the persons who are overseas that it can be done and it has been done,” he said while adding that it must also send a message to prospective investors that despite the fact that one company may have no experience in oil and gas, there are centres of excellence that can be shared and made available to partnerships.