Headlines February 2026

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TRINIDAD :  PM- T&T business remains priority :  …&fortunes will grow : ..& Treaty of Chaguaramas : …&Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with PM : Atlantic LNG to shut Train 4 for  repairs : …& Plans Q4 Decommissioning of Train 1 : …& GAS TURNAROUND : NGC Signs Contracts With Perenco : …& executes Perenco deals : NGC negotiating higher gas prices : 8 New Gas Projects Poised To Restart Output : Trinidad promotes Guyana partnership : Dragon gas– hope and prudence : Perenco completes field revitalization : French envoy seeks deeper cooperation : TOUCHSTONE  2025 YE  RESERVES : US allows  return to VenezuelaBP seeks OFAC licence for gas field : IMF statement of the 2026 T&T Article IV Mission :  …& visits Ministry of Finance : EU removes T&T from tax blacklist : …& Business welcomes EU delisting : T&T Chamber seeks more information on NGC prices : More crude exports, less revenue :  Indian capital could fund refinery reopening : NIF bondholders receive millions : Stock Market, FOREX : Moderate majority values US presence :

ISABELANA : Acting President of Venezuela Meets Shell  to Discuss Gas :…& in Caracas to evaluate projects :Trump invites PM Kamla to Summit :  Guyana & T&T Leaders Invited to Mar-a-Lago : Rubio urges Caricom to curb crime : T&Tobago picked for US summit : Marco Rubio To Join CARICOM 50th Summit : …& talks withleaders amid Cuba woes : …& contacts Raúl Castro’s grandson :  Engineer deal to provide ‘ready-to-go’ solution in Venezuela : Venezuela oil could rise 30%–40% in 2026 : Offshore Venezuela seismic data on offer : US Venezuela  licences open path for Dragon : NGC Signs Contracts With Perenco : French player gets US go-ahead for Venezuela : …&New licences open door for European majors : US plan to ‘Make Venezuela Great Again’ :   Dragon : ...& Venezuelan analyst says  ‘Renegotiate’ : Trump’s Vision for Venezuelan Oil : …& grants licences to global companies : Trump eyes Venezuela visit – but obstacles remain : US forces board tanker in the Indian Ocean : …& Another Venezuela-Linked Tanker : S&P Outlook Venezuela and the Global Oil Market : Economic Transition without Democratic Transition : ConocoPhillips sees Citgo as ‘first priority’ : Panama President– Future Port Contracts : Venezuelan Oil Ships to Repsol : Shell sees Dragon gas flowing to T&T in 3 years : ,,,& awaits OFAC approval : U.S. moves to  oil production with new general license : T&T Could Cut Health Costs With Indian Medicine : …& Economic Bridges –  The Trinidad & Tobago India Business Federation: ..,& MPAAI Reaffirms Strategic Partnership With India At AI Impact Summit 2026 : ,,,& New Federation aims to link T&T and India : …& 2 Oceans Apart TT & India : EU-LAC Social Accelerator -Proposal Call :

CARICOM  1 : High Drama as PM presents scathing speech to Caricom : Kamla bilateral talks with Rubio : …&Rubio Meets T&T PM Persad-Bissessar : …& help for T&T refinery revival : Persad-Bissessar Regrets CARICOM Silence Over Venezuela : FEAR OF SUBCONTINENTAL SPLIT : T&T Ministers Laud Fearless Address At CARICOM Summit : Spotlight on Kamla amid Caricom strain : Proman promotes methanol fuel to Caricom : Caricom & US agree to “21st century Cooperation Framework”: PM hailed for backing NAG campaign :Caribbean Basin Security Initiative : Foreign investors eye refinery reopening : Venezuela :  Marco Rubio Remarks to Press : Rubio, CARICOM, and the Work of Diplomacy :

CARICOM 2 :  T&T Minister Ameen Backs State Of Emergency : United Oil & Gas  podcast Offshore survey and coring : Suriname and Guyana team to explore joint projects for gas exploration : Moonilal touts regional platform for energy collaboration : Moonilal  Hopeful on work with Guyana & Suriname : Moonilal leads team at Guyana Energy Conference : T&T Gas  8 New Projects Poised To Restart  2028 : 965 respond to T&T Revitalisation : T&T Team heads to Caricom Summit : Rubio Meets St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister : PM- UWI Penal, Couva Hospital open to Caricom : Smart diplomacy : Caricom Jubilee summit : IMF/Antigua and Barbuda : IMF/The Bahamas : OMF/Belize : Education as Economic Policy : Big firms must play fair : Guyana and American currencies and the Chinese Yuan :  Guyana’s  CARICOM‑backed bid to host 2030 COP : Research to practice :

GUYANA :  Uaru and Whiptail  ahead of schedule : accelerating gas project awaits demand : Exxon working to determine gas resource :gas investment hinges on state bureaucracy : Mooring pre-lay concludes at  Uaru : …& Jumbo Offshore finished mooring activity :  ExxonMobil acquires FPSO ONE GUYANA for $2.32bn : Guyana to lift world from poverty : ExxonMobil announces US$100m STEM initiative : Guyana secures over 9 million carbon credits for 2023 : T&T And Guyana Explore Joint Effort To Reopen Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery : Spotlight on Rubio at Caricom 50th Summit : …& Meets CARICOM Leaders : …& Rubio at the 50th Summit of CARICOM :  Axis of energy- a Caribbean power play :

Headlines January 2026