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“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”
This quote from Mark Twain was used by one Energy Chamber member, Colm de Freitas, CEO of engineering firm D2F Technical Ltd., to sum up his feelings after the first day of the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference 2025.
For the third consecutive year, the Innovation and Technology Challenge winner presented their innovative project to delegates and was voted the winner at the T&T Energy Conference 2025. This challenge is designed to recognize groundbreaking and innovative solutions that address key challenges within the energy sector.
The workforce in the energy sector remains male dominated, especially in frontline positions in activities like operations, maintenance, drilling and construction. The PLEA pass system means that the Energy Chamber has good data on the gender mix in the downstream contractor and service sector. This is the system where every worker entering any of the downstream facilities in Point Lisas, as well as in La Brea and Point Fortin, has to undergo an assessment of their basic HSE knowledge, once every two years.
Everybody who works for a contractor on a downstream plant in Trinidad & Tobago must complete an assessment of their basic HSE knowledge once every two years. This is called the PLEA assessment, and it is administered by the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago on behalf of the industry. People who have to complete the PLEA assessment range from owners and leaders of contractors who have to visit their workers in the field, the skill technicians and craft workers, through to security guards, labourers and janitors. It is the basic entry requirement for all of the plants in Point Lisas, Atlantic and other petrochemical plants and power stations.
Hon. Stuart Young. S.C., Minister of Energy and Energy Industries
Keynote address at the T&T Energy Conference
Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Keynote Address at the T&T Energy Conference
10th February 2025.
Chairperson’s Address at the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference 2025
Mala Baliraj, Chairperson, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago has identified three sub-sectors where there are good opportunities to increase local content, namely marine services, engineering services and inspection services. These were identified using data generated through the Local Content Management System and a series of consultations with operators, service companies and contractors. In November 2024 we held three focussed discussions on these areas at the Local Content Forum and captured the ideas and suggestions from members on how we should be capturing more value in country from these sub-sectors.
The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago is committed to fostering a strong and effective energy sector that delivers long-term benefits to the people of Trinidad and Tobago. Our country’s ability to truly benefit from its oil and gas resources depends on a thriving energy industry that is well-managed, competitive, and sustainable. This requires collaboration between all stakeholders, including the multinational companies, the local private sector, state enterprises, academia, training institutions and the government of Trinidad and Tobago.
EnergyNow Issue 51 now available
Notwithstanding the closure of the Point-a-Pierre refinery in November 2018, Trinidad & Tobago still exports significant volumes of gasoline and diesel to regional markets. These are products that are imported into Trinidad by Paria Fuel Trading, stored and then reexported. The graph displays the net imports of gasoline and diesel (imports minus exports) as well as the total exports. The net import volume corresponds to how much fuel is sold in the domestic market.
"Rig days” tracks both the volume of business for upstream focused energy service companies and provides a proxy indicator of future new oil and gas production.
The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) has announced the award for Blocks NCMA 4(a) and Lower Reverse L to EOG Resources Limited. The Honourable Stuart R. Young S.C., M.P. Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister signed two (2) PSCs with EOG Resources.
The Energy Chamber is delighted to announce that David Cassidy, the Chief Executive of Proman will be one of our feature speakers at the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference on 10th February 2025.
We are pleased to announce the finalists of the Innovation & Technology Challenge 2025. The Challenge takes place at the T&T Energy Conference 2025 on February 11th at 12:00pm. At that time the 5 finalists will present their innovations and then conference delegates made up of energy sector executives and industry experts will vote on the most innovative project. In 2025, seventeen applications which were received and reviewed by an expert committee. The top five applications were selected to move forward.
Exploration drilling is crucial to ensure the long-term viability of any country’s oil and gas industry. While seismic data surveys and other geological studies can give strong indications of possible accumulations of hydrocarbons, these always need to actually be drilled to determine if there is a viable hydrocarbon reservoir in the rocks deep below the earth’s surface.
T&T is using an increasing proportion of its total natural gas production to generate electricity. The percentage of total natural gas production used in the production of electricity increased from 7.1 per cent in 2018 to 11.2 per cent in the first eight months of 2024.
The volume of natural gas used in the generation of electricity in Trinidad & Tobago varies from day to day.
One of the things that I notice at some conferences I attend is a group of four or five people from one company who turn up at the conference together, sit together in the conference hall, stand around together in the coffee break, sit together at lunch and then huddle together at the networking cocktail sessions. You do not see company leaders doing this. They will move around talking to as many people as possible.