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The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart R. Young M.P along with Ms. Penelope Bradshaw-Niles, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries and Ms. Sandra Fraser, Permanent Secretary (Ag) at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries met with Mr. Jeremy Bridglalsingh, Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Derek Hudson, Non-Executive Director of Trinity Exploration and Production.
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, has today announced that its second methanol-powered newbuild tanker, Stena Pro Marine, has been delivered.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Heritage Petroleum Company Limited, Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited and Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V was executed in Paramaribo, Suriname on the sidelines of the Suriname Energy, Oil and Gas Summit.
Trinidad & Tobago urgently needs to bring significant volumes of renewable energy into its electricity grid to help secure the future of its natural gas-based industries. This might sound counter intuitive, but it reflects the reality of the nation’s gas sector, which dominates its economy, and the medium-term outlook for gas production in the country.
APA Corporation announced flow test results from the Krabdagu exploration well (KBD-1) on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname holds a 50% working interest in the block, with TotalEnergies (TTE), the operator, also holding a 50% working interest.
Challenger Energy, the Caribbean and Atlantic-margin focused oil and gas company, with oil production, appraisal, development and exploration assets across the region, provided an update in relation to the work program for its assets in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname for the balance of 2022, and preparatory work for 2023.
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) announced the conclusion of an Environmental Assessment Program (EAP) for a major offshore energy operator in Block 58, a 5,841 km2 area located approximately 115 km offshore north Suriname. The EAP included an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for a three-dimensional (3D) seismic survey proposed in Block 58.
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.
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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.
