August Headlines 2024

STOP PRESS OBITUARY…Sir Shridath Ramphal (1928-2024)

GUYANA 1ExxonMobil eyes gas developments : Workshop on oil spill response : Gas-to-energy project : UK talks businessUS-Guyana mineral-mapping :  …US$1.8M contract :  …Former Exxon VP : French  Beicip Franlab for Stabroek audit : Global champions bid for data repository :  Guyana oil sector management : …. among better-regulated industries in the world :  Oil refinery not feasible : ….‘unapologetic’ exploring natural resources :  …PSA finalised, & new licences : UK firm secures contract :

GUYANA 2   FDI surges by 64 % :  Hess :  668k bbls in June :  Greater Guyana Initiative champions workforce & females : Modernising the grid :  Story of Guyana oil deal :  Henry Djaba signs billion-dollar Oil & Gas projectExxonMobil  risks in Guyana reaped $1 Trillion rewardsChevron’s/Hess merger delayed to 2025 :  Exxon  oil rates  drop :

TRINIDAD 1UK boosts business ties :  McDermott clinches Manatee Shell gig :  …to construct  platform :  Natural gas output rises :  Proman  Trinidad and Tobago  as methanol bunkering hub : ….’can create downstream value’: ….scales up methanol bunkering :  Methanol-infused fuel products :  Miracle Methanol :  Waterfront Shipping wraps up STS methanol bunkering : …CEO anticipates ‘seamless transition’:  Minister meets ALNG executives :  …Restructuring strengthens Atlantic :  NGL reports major turnaround : bp & EOG– Coconut gas in 2027 :   Perenco pipeline offshore first flow :  UK-Trinidad oil & gas merger  :  …One condition, more to go in Trinity’s acquisition : …outbids Touchstone for :… Upheaval of Touchstone plan :  US vessel to survey Woodside’s deepwaterA&V ‘vindicated’ :  National Enterprises Ltd loss :  NP rural gas stations unprofitable :  Gas stations form Owners Dealers Association :Sea Lots basin restored  :  Removal of Capsized Oil Barge off Tobago After Six Months :….Gulfstream  refloated :

TRINIDAD 2T&T back on energy map :  UNC criticize Paria US$7b bill for refined products :  Jindal  dumps refinery bid : …Saga of a Refinery albatross :….Jindal not only potential investor : Blame crime & bureaucracy for foreign investors fleeing :…Analysts tell PM: Don’t blame Opposition : Visiting minister deepens Indian ties :….robots for healthcare :    Advancing T&T Economic Prosperity :  Partnering with US in renewables :  Atlantic youth vacation programme :  INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGES
1) Kamla: Eliminate threats to T&T’s independence :  2) PM: Real prospects for a brighter future :  Pirates boarding barge in Sea Lots spark shootout :  Authoritarian politics blitz progress in energy :  Sustainable Blue Economy : Port Authority results 2021  :   2023 electricity rate hike :

CARICOMHess seeks partners for  Block 59 :  Equinor exits Suriname :  Petronas FLNG option :….ExxonMobil & PETRONAS consider project :  TotalEnergies  32-well campaign in Suriname : …develops deepwater :  IMF Agreement with Suriname :  Suriname sells carbon credits :  T&T & Curaçao trade boost :  LIAT 202 :  Afreximbank :  Jamaica : ...& IMF :…&United Oil & Gas : CDB to improve public road transport   :…&Agence Française de Développement Partnership  USD50 million : …&Climate Resilience Planning  for Kingston Harbour US launches Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship Hub in Jamaica :  Grenada trade mission to Guyana :

CARICOM 2 :   IICA & UWI sign agriculture MOU : Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda : Caricom to “forcefully” confront Commonwealth :  Caricom ratifies National Security & Law Enforcement Council : Rising Gun Crimes – Urgent Action required :  Lawrence Duprey 1935-2024 :  Education and nation-building :  Mathematics monkey-wrench :

ISABELANA Gulfstream in Trinidad after 30-hour voyage : Trade & diplomatic relations between Canada and T&T :  TT promotes methanol for airlines :  Stock meltdown raises T&T concerns Colombia – update ;  world’s deepest offshore well planned for this year :  well Colombia delineates Petrobras gas find :  OPEC+ limited scope to lift output amid rising supplyLatin America Development Bank :  Panama Canal lifts vessel draft to 50 feet :  What is next? :  Caricom’s Venezuela muddle :  T&T uncertain over gas  due to Venezuela unrest :…&  post-election relationship :…&  result needs validation : Between a rock and a hard place :  Rowley= T&T has no position on Venezuela : Venezuela and TT :  Venezuelans protest dubious election results: Russia fails  to load ‘shadow’ LNG carrier:   US presidential developments crucial to Caricom & T&T :  The Rt Hon David Lammy MP : Dominican Republic  Assessing Digital Currency (Phase 1 and 2):

ISABELANA 2   : US recognizes Maduro’s opponent :  High Commissioner  concerned about Venezuela :  Machado- ‘Maduro should negotiate’ :  …& Eleven states  reject TSJ ruling :…& Venezuelan  election : …& Government  “an authoritarian tendency” :….& OAS recalls deals with Venezuela :…& opposition organizing a massive march :….& ICC monitors :…&US hails support on Venezuela, denied by 6 CARICOM states : ….& TT sanguine over Dragon : …& TT Analysts urge PM to end ‘cowardly’ stance :…& OAS rejects Venezuela Supreme Court ruling : …&Official asserts ‘lack of transparency and veracity’  : …& Four LatAm countries insist Venezuela’s TSJ consolidated fraud :  Iran and Venezuela ratify partnership :

Headlines July 2024  And links to earlier months