There is an unfortunate perception that there is little innovation that takes place in the Caribbean energy sector and that any new technology or new process improvements are simply imported from elsewhere. The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago’s inaugural Innovation and Technology Challenge suggests that this perception is misplaced.

Woodside shareholders have voted in favor for the merger with BHP Group's petroleum arm.

The 2021 Trinidad & Tobago deep-water bid round is set to close on 2nd June 2022 the final day of the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference 2022. The bid round consists of seventeen deep-water blocks located off the east and north coast of Trinidad & Tobago.

The theme of the T&T Energy Conference 2022 is ‘Leveraging the Industries Strengths for the Energy Transition”. We have carried this theme into our annual awards programme and have extended it further to also leverage Trinidad & Tobago’s extensive talents in the visual arts.

Subsea 7 announced the award of a sizeable1 project by BP for the TOPR project located offshore Trinidad and Tobago, in water depths of up to 280 feet.

Six-point plan to secure new natural gas supplies and maximise exports from Trinidad & Tobago: 2022 - 2030

Shell Trinidad and Tobago, announced that production has started on Block 22 and NCMA-4 in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) in Trinidad and Tobago.

The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) has signed a Gas Sales Contract (GSC) with local cement manufacturer, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL). This agreement will govern the sale of natural gas to TCL and represents an important step forward for both companies after an extended period of negotiations. TCL has been one of NGC’s longest-standing customers for over 40 years. The conclusion of this GSC signals NGC’s commitment to the local manufacturing sector and bodes well for infrastructural development in Trinidad and Tobago and the region.

Energy Chamber expresses condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Zephaniah Harripaul.

On 7th March 2022, Energy Chamber CEO, Dax Driver, presented to governmental officials from across the Americas on what the private-sector would like to see included in the upcoming Summit of the Americas, scheduled for June 2022 in Los Angeles, USA. Speaking on behalf of the Americas Business Dialogue working group on energy, Driver outlined the major policy areas that the group has recommended hemispheric leaders consider in their deliberations.

New agreement brings together the global integrator of container logistics and world-leading methanol producer to develop green methanol supply solutions at scale.

After successfully completing the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Scarborough Project, McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Woodside as Operator for and on behalf of the Scarborough Joint Venture, for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) services for its Floating Production Unit (FPU) offshore Western Australia. The integrated scope also includes the design, fabrication, integration, transportation and installation of the hull and topsides.

The downstream contractor labour force is predominantly male, with just twelve percent of the labour force being female in 2021. Over the pandemic period the number of females in the contractor labour force fell even more sharply than the number of males. During 2019, the last full pre-pandemic year, the percent of female workers was 14% or over 2,000 female workers. This fell by almost 50% by 2021, when there were just over 1,000 female workers in the contractor labour force, compared to a drop of 38% for the male labour force in the same period.

Kenesjay Green Limited (KGL), the owner and project developer for the proposed US$300 million NewGen Hydrogen Project in Trinidad and Tobago, is completing a Green Hydrogen Country Assessment for the Caribbean island of Dominica in conjunction with the Climate Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica (CREAD).

Trinidad and Tobago-focussed gas producer, DeNovo Energy, has announced the completion of the local fabrication of the platform for its second offshore field development, Zandolie, located in the Gulf of Paria off Trinidad’s west coast.

BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) has chartered the Safe Concordia to provide gangway connected operations at Cassia C offshore Trinidad.

BHP recently released their Operational Review for the half year ending 31 December 2021. In this report BHP gave an update on the Calypso appraisal programme, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

In Trinidad & Tobago, every employee of a contractor or service company entering any of the downstream gas industry facilities, including the LNG facility, all the petrochemical plants, other heavy industrial plants and the power generation facilities must complete a basic assessment of their HSE knowledge once every two years. This is called the PLEA assessment and it has to be successfully completed by everyone working for a contractor or service company who needs to enter one of the plants, from company directors to garbage collectors. The assessment is administered through a computer-based system, mainly at the Energy Chamber’s offices in Point Lisas (though sometimes at remote locations if there is a need). Data about who has completed the PLEA assessment therefore gives a good snapshot of the downstream contractor labour force.