Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal expressed confidence in the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery restart process during a visit to Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited and Guaracara Refining Company Limited.
Moonilal joined the Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) Board of Directors at the Pointe-a-Pierre site. According to the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, the visit was intended to give the team a better understanding of Paria’s operations and the refinery’s future operational capacity.
The Minister thanked Paria employees for their continued work in ensuring Trinidad and Tobago’s fuel supply.
Those attending included TPHL Chairman Kurt Ramlal, Guaracara Chairman Gowtam Maharaj, Paria Chairman Kent Samlal and acting Paria CEO Nazeem Mohammed. Members of the TPHL board and Paria’s management team also participated.
The Ministry said this was the first in a series of visits to TPHL’s subsidiary companies.
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