Headlines October 2024

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GUYANA  : bid deadline for gas-to-energy project : Regional powerhouse : U.S. promotes oil but Europe is for green transition : potential for more US investment : most attractive place to do business : TOTALTEC Inc. & E-Learning : US offshore crewing player enters second country : Exxon  to lift  output by 18,000 bpd : Gas-to-Energy project : LNG potential of Guyana & Suriname : Lindsayca-CH4 : No plans to renegotiate PSA : UK companies  contracts : President Ali  tribute to King Charles : Oil reserves under 11B barrels :

TRINIDAD 1  : 99% of Trinity shareholders approve : PRIMERA & NGC awarded Rio Claro block : bp completes acquisition of Lightsource bp : Project Lara :  bpTT completes Seismic  for Manakin-Cocuina  : BP third quarter 2024 trading statement : Third quarter 2024 results : Pereira appointed Atlantic Chairman :  UK hosts climate workshop for judiciary : Toni Sirju-Ramnarine joins Agostini’s Ltd : Shell profit down to US$6b :  KBR contract for Manatee project : Young meets  Nutrien : CEO leaves NP after one year : NiQuan Energy appoints receiver : Energy Chamber :  Business chambers as divisions of TTCIC : Forex intervention : …& OWTU blames bane of Petrotrin for forex famine : …& Ex-Petrotrin workers protest pension pressure : …& Politics of arithmetic : …& Falling revenue :  …& Let energy companies pay 100% in US$ : …& US$ energy sector tax legislation : Scotiabank invests CAD$950k in Tobago climate resilience :  PNM pain and calamity :  Insurance Policyholders reject CCJ ruling :  Divers sue Paria and LMCS for negligence Heritage Petroleum Ltd oil spill : …&Fullerton fisherfolk seek more from Heritage :

TRINIDAD 2   :  CAF invests US$35m loan in Eximbank :  Global refining divestment :  TTSE considers digital tracker of S&P 500 :  High prices hurt :  Unhealthy industrial relations :  Hilaire – ‘no alarm over debt’ :  Foreign reserve investments drive Central Bank to $1.58B profit : Tobago  :  Government ‘taking a chance’ on Solo Creed :  Standards for competitiveness :  Heritage thwarts access to Moruga bridge :  Woodside projects (Link)

CARICOM   :  2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opened in Apia, Samoa  : …&Marlborough House :  …&From Gold Coast to London : …& Decoloniser in imperial Marlborough House : …& Commonwealth agreement raises reparations :  …&Decolonisers demand £200 billion – £3.7 trillion for reparations : …&  NO MEANS NO :  Regional Symposium  on Transforming Education : Overlooked-World Bank Report  ignores Caribbean Realities : Students shun Tertiary programmes : TTASME laments Afreximbank exclusion from T&T : Robert Riley to chair UWI St Augustine Campus Council : Belize chairs OAS Permanent Council : OECS Director General seeks collective approach for sargassum

ISABELABA  :  ‘Dragon’ survey ship :  …& Shell begins Dragon surveys : Acquiring Loran Gas Field from Venezuela :  Order of the Republic of TT :  ORTT don- ‘TT must complete digital transformation’ :  Pursuing pariah polluters : T&T  & Ghana investment agreement :  US don- ‘No significant impact from ConocoPhillips ruling’ : Venezuela angry at BRICS exclusion :  …& Maduro at BRICS Summit :  Venezuela arrests former oil czar :

Headlines September 2024  ……………and links to earlier months