STOP PRESS For recent developments – 1. NGC 2. Trifactor 3. TT Chamber
TRINIDAD 1 : Primera awarded onshore block : TOUCHSTONE 2022 ONSHORE BID ROUND RESULTS : Trinity Exploration : Galeota asset development : Challenger Energy : Awards for onshore exploration : Proman backs bunkering incentives : HELM Proman Methanol relaunches marketing : launches foundation with US$1.65m : Duprey ordered to pay US$139m : NGC collaborates with engineers : 2027 Revival of Atlantic LNG Train : Unitised liquefaction trains : Aquaterra drilling riser for Cypre subsea : Scandalous State Squandermania : Tragedy halts NiQuan operations : NiQuan and the Energy Ministry launched investigations. : Energy Chamber urges swift, probe of NiQuan accident : Amcham : Energy Ministry probes NiQuan fatality : Ramkissoon Family seeks answers from NiQuan : No cover-up in probe as OSHA shuts plant : PM uncertain if NiQuan report will be made public : NiQuan communicated with investors : NiQuan did not report fire to TTFS : Hazardous History : Secrecy, the hallmark of corruption : Heritage : $180,000-plus monthly for CEO : Fyzabad oil spill : Penal Oil Slick : TTMS improving Marine Services : Energy titans transition towards Sustainability : Local government reform & economy : ArcelorMittal plant sold to ISCOTT : New plan for iron and steel : TT Iron Steel acquires ArcelorMittal steel plant : ‘Outdated’ data on Finance Ministry website : HSF value same as that in 2015 : rose to US$5.139B in December : Rambarran laments US$913.5m loss : Inflation down to 6% : Labidco trees of life : Appeal Court reserves on gas station challenge : $45-$90/month for gratuitous Property Tax : Economists question growth sustainability : Unaudited billions of TT$ from revenue : Wind energy : Port efficiency :
TRINIDAD 2 : NiQuan Report private & confidential : Pointe-a-Pierre MP demands NiQuan report : Pipe fitter suffers burns : Paria profit up 58.8% : Labour Day at 50 amid change : Opposition to review laws for essential services : Fuel-transport staff should be allowed to strike : Special Achievers Grant : BBC World Questions forum :BBC Forum : BBC World Service : Dynasty leads construction at Coosal’s Group :
GUYANA 1 : Exxon coventurers to invest $4 trillion over next five years : ExxonMobil Annual Report 2022 : liability insurance : Court stays order for unlimited guarantee for oil spills : Court stays order for Exxon : Modec awards FPSO contract to PRC shipyard : TechnipFMC subsea project worth up to $1 billion : Frontera, CGX : Well results ‘encouraging’ & costs rise again : Corentyne discovery a potential game-changer : Westmount Energy purchase of Africa Oil Corp : Energy independence : GDP to grow by 25.2 per cent in 2023 : Investors reject disclosures on Exxon Guyana operations : Majority of Exxon Shareholders reject oil spill proposals : G-Boats Guyana launches tugboats for ExxonMobil FPSO : Sanctity of Exxon contract :
GUYANA 2 : Petroleum Activities Bill : Guyana & EU sign EUR$4.6M agreement : Guyana elected to UN Security Council : Local content policy benefits : GUYANA REMAINS A “BRITISH” COUNTRY :
CARICOM : Bids for Suriname blocks : Suriname and the IMF Extended Fund Facility : 2023 a pivotal year for oil & gas development : Suriname Energy Summit : Energy security & regional cooperation : TTMA at SEOGS 2023 : USAID launches permanent office : The UWI St. Augustine : Visit of WHO Director General : Guyana joins UN Security Council : World Bank : CDB : Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations & Rockefeller Foundation : CDB to Build Resilience in Member Countries : BBC World Questions TT forum : US regional forensic science centre : US invests over $100M : The Bahamas : TTPM to meet US VP, Caricom leaders : Caribcan arrangement extended to 2033 : IMF- Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, Barbados & Dominican Republic :
ISABELANA : WTI Crude Goes Global : White House Red Carpet for Modi : UN adopts historic High Seas Treaty : Emissions-reduction efforts must be collaborative : 5.0 earthquake shakes Trinidad and Venezuela : Melbana mobilises rig : Dragon gas : Firearms and Haiti on VP agenda : US Congress bipartisan roadmap for Caribbean : Amcham hopes for better business conditions : More talks on Dragon gas field : T & T suffering from US policy on Venezuela :
HEADLINES May 2023 For Last month’s content and links to earlier months