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Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture (JV) between a leading global methanol producer Proman and one of the world’s largest tanker shipping companies Stena Bulk, today confirmed that the first methanol-powered newbuild vessel under its partnership has been delivered and is preparing for commercial operation.
The Honourable Stuart Young M.P, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and Permanent Secretary (Ag) Fraser met with Ms. Shiva McMahon Head of International Operations, Mr. Juan Vazquez Country Manager, Woodside Trinidad and Tobago and Dr. Carla Noel-Mendez Manager, Corporate Affairs, Woodside Trinidad and Tobago.
Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart R. Young, M.P., met with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry (former Secretary of State, U.S.A.) in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, DeNovo Energy, TOSL Engineering and PBS Technologies earn highest awards in the Energy Chamber’s Annual Awards Programme.
NewGen Energy wins the Energy Chamber’s inaugural Innovation and Technology Challenge at the T&T Energy Conference.
From the 31st May to 2nd June 2022, the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago held its first in-person T&T Energy Conference since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020. The event was held as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual streams and networking opportunities, while the traditionally well attended trade show also ran alongside the conference.
You would not usually expect an energy conference to feature both the author of a historical novel and a painter, but we like to be a bit different at the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference. We are sure that Amanda Smyth (the novelist) and Krishna Persad (the painter) are going to offer something exciting and stimulating at this year’s edition of the Conference.
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.
Prime Minister, the Honourable Dr Keith Rowley has announced that a preferred bidder has been selected for the sale or lease of the state-owned Point-a-Pierre refinery in Trinidad & Tobago. The refinery was moth-balled in 2018, amidst a radical restructuring of Petrotrin, the integrated national oil company. The upstream portion of Petrotrin was spun off into Heritage Petroleum (one of the sponsors of the upcoming Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference, 31st May – 2nd June 2022 while the refinery was put up for sale or lease.
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.
If the Caribbean Region is to address the challenge of climate change, we need to both “go faster and go bolder”, to borrow from a recent statement from Ben van Beurden, the Chief Executive of Shell. We simply do not have time to waste, and it is imperative that we act now and act quickly.
