In demonstration of a collective commitment to domestic energy security and the energy transition, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC), convened separate special board meetings with Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Shell) and bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT). Both meetings took place at the Hilton Trinidad and Tobago Conference Centre on September 22nd 2023, to discuss the path forward for energy. They were joined by The Hon. Stuart Young, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries.
Among the points that the team discussed were long term gas supply, strategies for decarbonisation of the energy and industrial sectors, and mechanisms to help transition the energy value chain to a low-carbon future.
These separate meetings were a continuation of discussions initiated in February 2023, when both parties met at NGC’s Head Office in Point Lisas, for a similar purpose.
Participating in the discussions with bpTT were The Hon. Stuart Young, Min. of Energy and Energy Industries; NGC’s Chairman Dr. Joseph Ishmael Khan, along with the NGC Board of Directors; Mark Loquan, President, NGC; David Campbell, President, bpTT and Giselle Thompson, Vice President, Corporate Operations and Head of Communications & Advocacy. At the Shell meeting Mr. Eugene Okpere, outgoing Senior Vice President and Country Chair led the discussions and Adam Lowmass, incoming Senior Vice President and Country Chair, was formally introduced.
On his views of the meeting , Minister Young commented: “The only way we can progress the low-carbon energy agenda is in collaboration with the key stakeholders at the top of the chain. Today’s meeting was the second in what we intend to be a series of engagements with NGC and our major domestic suppliers, aimed at exploring solutions to the challenges that face domestic energy, and mapping how Trinidad and Tobago can participate in the clean energy transition.”
NGC Chairman Dr. Khan expressed his satisfaction with the outcome: “We at NGC are always eager to talk energy security and clean energy. The issues we face in the sector can only be resolved if we have alignment among the key stakeholders. Discussions such as the one we had today are a necessary first step to achieving that alignment, and we hope to bring all parties together with greater frequency, so we can move quickly from ideas to action.”
