(McDermott, 5.Feb.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large* contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation […]
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Trinidad and Tobago energy
Trinidad To Develop Natural Gas From Manatee Field
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 4.Feb.2020) — The Government will independently develop the natural gas from the Loran-Manatee field on Trinidad and […]
Trinidad Cancels Gas Deal Over US Sanctions
(Aljazeera, 3 Feb 2020) — Trinidad and Tobago has cancelled an agreement with Venezuela for the joint development of a natural gas field straddling their […]
Trinidad And Tobago Energy Conference 2020
(Energy Chamber, 30.Jan.2020) — The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference is the major annual conference of the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. The conference […]
Touchstone Updates On Cascadura-1ST1 Well Testing
(Touchstone, 20.Jan.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. provided an exploration update, highlighted by the first stage of production testing of the Cascadura-1ST1 well on the Ortoire […]
Shell Approved For New Gas Development
(Newsday, 19.Jan.2020) — Shell TT has announced a final investment decision (FID) on the development of Block 5C (Barracuda) in the East Coast Marine Area […]
Regulator Green Lights Star Phoenix Asset Sale
(Alliance News, 17.Jan.2020) — Star Phoenix Group Ltd said Friday the Trinidad & Tobago state oil and gas firm has approved the sale of Range […]
TT Faces Soft Energy Prices Despite Iran/US Tensions
(Newsday, 9.Jan.2020) — The price of crude oil, natural gas, ammonia and methanol are critical to the health of the TT economy. These are the […]
BHP Says Standing By TT
(Newsday, 2.Jan.2020) — Call it a hunch. The deepwater acreages off the east coasts of Trinidad and Tobago were uncharted territory for hydrocarbon exploration but […]
NGC Chairman End-of-Year 2019 Message
(NGC, 31.Dec.2019) — National Gas Company Chairman Conrad Enill provided the company’s year-end 2019 message, which highlighted milestones achieved during the year. Dear Colleagues and […]
Remembrance: Energy Journalist David Renwick
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Dec.2019) — In remembrance of long-time energy journalist David Renwick who passed away in Trinidad, we share this video of […]
Petrobras Announces Binding Phase On E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/03/2019, announces that it has started the binding phase referring to the sale of […]
Veteran Journalist Renwick To Be Laid To Rest Today
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23.Dec.2019) — A former CEO of Newsday, David Renwick was the consummate professional with a passion for the business and labour […]
Trinidad’s Petro Chaos
(TT Newsday, 19.Dec.2019) — Our fuel subsidy gobbles hundreds of millions that could be spent on improving the country and distorts the economy. It is […]
Touchstone Reports Onshore Oil Find At Cascadura
(Touchstone, 16.Dec.2019) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. has made a significant crude oil discovery with the Cascadura-1ST1 well on the Ortoire exploration block, onshore in the […]
Transocean Announces Award For Development Driller III
(Transocean, 12.Dec.2019) — Transocean Ltd. announced the semisubmersible Development Driller III has been awarded a one year contract off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. […]
Sunday Blackout Warning
(Trinidad Express, 7.Dec.2019) — The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has appealed to customers in Trinidad to conserve electricity this weekend, while the National […]
Valaris Announces New Contract Awards
(Valaris, 25.Nov.2019) — Valaris plc announced new contracts and contract extensions, with associated revenue backlog of approximately $285 million, awarded subsequent to a prior fleet […]
Trinidad Gas Gap To Claim More Industries
(Argus, Lucien Chauvin, 18.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago’s industries regulator is warning that a natural gas shortage is slowly chipping away at the country’s industrial […]
BPTT reports Ginger natural gas discovery offshore Trinidad
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2019) — BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) made a natural gas discovery with the Ginger exploration well, offshore […]
TTNGL Sep. Financial Stmts
(TTNGL, 14.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago NGL Limited (TTNGL) reported its condensed interim financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. On behalf […]
Ramnarine Talks Of TT Energy Sector Crisis
(AZP, 13.Nov.2019) — There is a crisis in the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the view of former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine […]
Yara Reports Closure Of Trinidad Ammonia Plant
(Yara, 13.Nov.2019) — Yara regrets to announce the closure of its wholly-owned ammonia plant in Point Lisas, Trinidad. The Yara Trinidad plant is one of […]
NGC Acknowledges Cessation Of Yara Operations
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of […]
NGC Acknowledges Cessation Of Yara Operations
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of […]
Barbados, T&T Gas Search
(Caribbean Life, George Alleyne, 25.Oct.2019) — In what may be emerging as a Caribbean energy triangle of sorts, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have signed […]
BHP Ends Drilling Offshore Trinidad And Tobago
(Offshore, 17.Oct.2019) — BHP has had mixed results from the final two wells of its latest exploration campaign on its northern licenses offshore Trinidad and […]
BHP Ends Offshore Trinidad Drilling
(Offshore, 17.Oct.2019) — BHP has had mixed results from the final two wells of its latest exploration campaign on its northern licenses offshore Trinidad and […]
Trinidad Refinery Restarts By 3Q:20: Ministry
(Argus, 9.Oct.2019) — A new start-up company will acquire Trinidad and Tobago’s 160,000 b/d refinery for $700mn and resume operations by third quarter 2020, the […]
OWTU To Buy Petrotrin Refinery
(Argus, 23.Sep.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago’s government agreed to sell its mothballed 160,000 b/d Pointe-a-Pierre refinery to a company partly owned by the oil workers’ […]
Oil Chairmen Meets Mgmt
(Trinidad Express, 26.Aug.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd’s (TPHL) newly appointed chairman Michael Quamina said the company and its subsidiaries would continue working towards becoming […]
Trinidad Inks Definitive Agreement With Shell
(Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, 19.Aug.2019) — The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries announces the finalization of negotiations between the Government and […]
How Trinidad Benefits From Venezuelan Crisis
(Oxford Business Group, 10.Aug.2019) — In June the UN estimated that 4m people had fled Venezuela as a result of the crisis. Of these, some […]
BHP To Invest $283mn In Trinidad Project
(Reuters, 7.Aug.2019) — Global miner BHP Group said it has approved an investment of $283 million to fund the development of an oil and gas […]
BHP To Invest $283mn In Trinidad Project
(Reuters, 7.Aug.2019) — Global miner BHP Group said on Thursday it has approved an investment of $283 million to fund the development of an oil […]
From Energy To Movies, TT Bids To expand Investment
(T&T Newsday, Clint Chan Tack, 1.Aug.2019) — Space may be the final frontier. But for TT, Africa is “the new frontier,” as this country seeks […]
T&T’s Lake Asphalt In Overdrive To Diversify
(T&T Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 25.Jul.2019) — For years the board and management of Lake Asphalt TT Ltd knew the company needed to diversify its product […]
Petrotrin Lies Will End Keith Rowley’s Reign As PM
(T&T Newsday, Yvonne Webb, 23.Jul.2019) — President General of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget is predicting that the many lies told about […]
PM Keith Rowley Visits TOFCO With BPTT
(T&T Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 22.Jul.2019) — Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley visited the TOFCO fabrication yard in La Brea on Friday with BPTT team, led […]
Trinidad Downgraded By Standards And Poor’s
(Guardian, Curtis Williams, 9.Jul.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago has suffered a downgrade in its sovereign ratings from credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s. In its […]
The National Gas Company Key To Gas Value Chain
(T&T Newsday, Clint Chan Tack, 4.Jul.2019) — The National Gas Company (NGC) needs to remain a key part of this country’s natural gas value chain, […]
TPHL Announces Expiration And Final Results
(TPHL, 25.Jun.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) today announced the expiration and final results of its previously announced offers to exchange any and all […]
LatAmNRG Heard On The Street: Gas Markets, Argentina Tender
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Ian Silverman, 25.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Latin America and Caribbean upstream, midstream, downstream and […]
Trinidad’s Atlantic Resumes LNG Production
(Argus, 21.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG producer Atlantic resumed operations today at its four-train 14.8mn t/yr liquefaction facility after a five-day shutdown caused by […]
TPHL Announces Extension Of Expiration Date
(TPHL, 20.Jun.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) announced that the expiration date has been extended until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June […]
Trinidad Moves Past Venezuela To Tap Border Gas
(Argus, 11.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago has cleared Shell to develop the country’s side of a shallow-water natural gas field that straddles the maritime border […]
Trinidad Moves Past Venezuela To Tap Border Gas
(Argus, 11.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago has cleared Shell to develop the country’s side of a shallow-water natural gas field that straddles the maritime border […]
TPHL Bondholders Support Amended Offer
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 7.Jun.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd’s (TPHL) decision to amend the terms of its exchange offer for its bonds due this […]
Energy Minister Khan: No Venezuelan Crude For Trinidad
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sean Douglas, 7.Jun.2019) — The refined oil imported by Paria Fuel Trading Company for local consumption after the closure of the […]
Trinidad Energy Chamber To Host Energy Efficiency And Renewables Conference
(Energy Chamber, 4.Jun.2019) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago is hosting its Energy Efficiency and Renewables Conference on 10-11 June 2019 at the […]