From
the local press
Trinidad, Tobago
and Caribbean
OIL AND GAS HEADLINE NEWS 2006
TT
stories from 2005 AUG- DEC
TT
stories from 2005 JAN- JUL
2006
Portia
takes reins as PM of Jamaica March 30
Rudolph
Brown/Jamaica Gleanner
Prime
Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller in
a tete-a-tete with Finance Minister Dr. Omar
Davies in Parliament on Tuesday, February
28. Dr. Davies is expected to retain his portfolio
in a Cabinet which will be sworn in on March
31
The
Jamaica Gleanner
Kingston
Petroleumworld.com
03 19 06
- story
TT:
Royalty rates low, not taxes
- story
EOG
makes gas find in TT -
story
Alcoa
requests 494 acres in Trinidad -
story
TT:
Foreign workers - Bane or boon? -
story
TT:
Plastics:
Linking energy to manufacturing -
story
TT:
Cannonball produces first gas
- story
TT:
NGC launches Caribbean energy map -
story
Jamaica
to regulate PetroCaribe savings -
story
Dominican
Republic to host OAS General Assembly -
story
The
Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA)
calls off gas station lockdown -
story
Jamaica:
National Energy Policy to cut oil dependency
-
story
Jamaica:
Time for national approach to framing energy
policy -
story
PetroCaribe
and crossborder unitisation
By
Energy Correspondent The
Trinidad Express
Port
Spain Petroleumworld.com
03 12 06
-
story
T&T
gas tax regime extremely low -
story
PetroCaribe
testing regional allegiances -
story
Developing
a common Caribbean energy policy -
story
Work
begins on Methanol Holdings plant -
story
Cabinet
approves environmental policy -
story
Govt
wins corruption dispute with FW Oil -
story
Jamaica's
third attempt at finding oil still full of uncertainties
-
story
Fishers,
oil explorers draft damage compensation agreement
-
story
Energy
and foreign policy:
T&T’s tightrope
Barbados’ Prime minister Owen Arthur ( left),
Prime Minister Patrick Manning (Center), Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez (rigth)
By
South Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce
(STCIC) The Trinidad Guardian
Port
Spain Petroleumworld.com
03 05 06
reserves.- Full
story
Yara
looking at T&T expansion -
story
TT Govt prefers stake in Alutrin smelter -
story
Changing
energy consumption patterns -
story
Opposition
rejects gas tax proposal -
story
Diesel
dilemma - Poor quality of fuel damages engines in some
vehicles in Jamaica -
story
Jamaica's
development central to foreign policy' - Simpson Miller
promises island will benefit
-
story
Patterson
meets with Parliamentary group - To conclude 'formalities'
about naming successor -
story
Portia
bats carefully -
story
Should
the U.S. be concerned about the emergence of a populist
Latin America? -
story
$300-m
engineering design for Petrojam expansion underway -
story
T&T
and Caricom's energy needs
The Caribbean
By
Andy Johnson
The Trinidad Express
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti
Petroleumworld.com
02 26 06
St Lucia Prime Minster Dr Kenny Anthony pats Prime Minister
Patrick Manning on the shoulder during the recent Caricom
heads of Government meeting in Port of Spain.-
Full
story
PetroCaribe,
a generous offer
-
Full
story
TT:
Going solar - ‘Region must reduce dependence on
oil, gas’ -
Full
story
TT:
NP promises to boost LPG supply -
Full
story
TT
President Richards visits Atlantic LNG -
Full
story
Jamaica:
It's Portia! Pnp's first female PNP president -
Full
story
Jamaica:
Fugro surveyors begin six weeks of data collection from
the Akademik Shatskiy -
Full
story
Jamaica:
Oil explorers not answerable to NEPA, agency negotiating
compliance -
Full
story
Jamaica:
Light bulb, si. Revolution, no! -
Full
story
Jamaica:
Environment ministry to woo private sector -
Full
story
Antigua
preparing to capitalise on Petro Caribe initiative -
Full
story
PM
Manning: More gas for TT -
Full
story
Jamaica's
National energy policy nears completion
-
Full
story
Big
hopes on Preval
Rene Preval
Caribbean
News
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti
Petroleumworld.com
02 19 06
- Full
story
Caricom
unites on PetroCaribe
Barbados
PM Owwen Arthur ( lft) and Trinidad's PM Patrick Manning
By
Rickey Singh The Trinidad Express
PORT
SPAIN
Petroleumworld.com
02 19 06
Caricom unites on PetroCaribe -
Full
story
PetroCaribe
talks to go ahead -
story
Natural
gas to drive economic development in Tobago -
story
Review
of TT the Petroleum Conference 2006: Local content, PetroCaribe
dominate -
story
Finder
to search for oil, gas in Jamaica -
story
ChevronTexaco
looks to increase T&T production -
story
US
energy official: ‘PetroCaribe a backward step’
-
story
Govt
waiting on report about Jamaica LNG project -
story
CARICOM:
Free movement for all by 2008 -
story
Joy
and indignation after proclamation of Haitian election result
-
story
CAFTA
in limbo -
story
Cuba
gives Jamaican householders energy-saving bulbs -
story
Caricom
in harmony on PetroCaribe oil deal -
story
Major
gas project faces delay
-
story
Another
search for oil begins today -
story
Phillip
Paulwell: Energy negotiations between Jamaica's and TT on
a
"fast timetable"
Jamaica's
Trade & Commerce Minister Phillip Paulwell
By Roxane Stapleton The Trinidad Express
Port
Spain
Petroleumworld.com 02 11 06
- Full
story
Caricom
awaits Haiti's return -
story
Manning
serious about political unity in region -
story
Petrotrin
employees get $180m payout -
story
Chamber
calls for new gas policies -
story
NP
welcomes new CEO and three directors -
story
‘Power
producers ripping off T&T’
-
story
Looking
for a unified Caribbean currency in 2006 -
story
Jamaica:
Budget to offer energy efficiency incentives - Hylton -
story
Former
finance minister: T&T could be politically stranded -
story
Energy
remains catalyst for development says Dr Saith -
story
How
the illegal stations Jamaican obtain supplies -
story
CARICOM
Single Market (CSM) ratified!
Rudolph Brown/Jamaica Gleanner
Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur (left)
gives Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph
Gonsalves (third left) a playful pat on the head while fellow
Heads of Government, Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson
(third right); Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan (second
right) and St. Lucia's Prime Minister Kenny Anthony (partially
hidden) look on during yesterday's ceremonial inauguaration
of the Caricom Single Market held at the University of the
West Indies (Mona) Visitor's Lodge. Also present is CARICOM
Secretary General Edwin Carrington (right).
The Jamaica Gleanner
Kingston
Petroleumworld.com 02 05 06
- Full
story
TT
Meeting the energy challenge -
story
TT
Exploration holds the key -
story
TT
Acting in good faith on OSHA -
story
$37m
boost to Trinidad Phoenix Park Gas -
story
Trinidad's
LNG workers get $12m bonus -
story
Trinidad
cross island pipeline completed, NGC ready to restore roads
-
story
Too
much work, too few contractors
in Trinidad -
story
T&T/Jamaica
still discussing LNG price -
story
TT
MP Hedwige Bereaux argues... The good and bad of industry
- story
US
Energy Secretary due Friday in Trinidad
-
story
TT
Government develops plan for marine sector
-
story
Phoenix
Park Gas in Trinidad marks US$37m expansion
-
story
Jamaica's
National energy policy nears completion
-
story
Bids
begin for oil, gas blocks
New
Energy Minister Lenny Saith, right, and Permanent Secretary
in the ministry, Leroy Mayers, left, yesterday launched a new
bidding round for oil and gas exploration and production contracts
along the north and east coasts of Trinidad.
By
Driselle Ramjohn The Trinidad Express
Port
Spain
Petroleumworld.com 01 29 05 -
Full
story
TT
PM and Natuc agree on OSHA -
story
Eric
Williams' Legacy Part 2 -
story
TT
Impact of electricity rate hike -
story
TT
NGC completes pipe dream -
story
TT
Gas available for billion $$ projects -
story
Phoenix
Park marks US$37m expansion -
story
TT
Energy in the making -
story
Petrotrin
makes $1 billion in profit -
story
TT
Senators rap Energy Ministry on gas pricing -
story
Petroleum
prices to increase in Jamaica -
story
Jamaica's
Prime Minister names date for election of successor -
story
$600-m
PetroCaribe loan for consumers -
story
Renewable
energy licences delayed
-
story
Saith
takes over TT Energy Ministry
Dr Lenny Saith (standing)
The
Trinidad Guardian
Port
Spain
Petroleumworld.com 01 22 05
Dr
Lenny Saith has taken over the portfolio of Minister of Energy,
ending speculation over who would take over after the resignation
of Eric Williams resigned. - Full
story
TT
Goverment agreed to fully implement the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSHA) by February 17 -
story
McLeod
wants meeting with PM -
story
Eric
Williams' Legacy (Part 1) -
story
BHP
Billiton Trinidad and Tobago celebrates one year of
production -
story
New
Minister, same energy policies -
story
PM
to open petroleum conference -
story
Oil
worker in fatal fall 120
feet off petroleum exploration rig
-
story
No
gas contracts -
story
BHP’s
Angostura averages 42,000 bpd in first year -
story
Petrotrin
to look for refinery partner -
story
Global
warming and the local energy sector -
story
Saith
takes up energy post -
story
Another
bumper year for petrochemicals -
story
Germany
here we come -
story
Former
minister on 7 counts of corruptly receiving $75,000 -
story
Ethics key for PNM, Manning breaks silence -
story
PM's
ethical stocks on the rise -
story
No fallout from Williams’ departure -
story
2006
T&T Petroleum Conference:
Harnessing gas economy -
story
Manning
restates Petro Caribe warning -
story
No
replacement yet for Williams -
story
Eric
Williams replacement: Point Chamber wants word now
-
story
BP
lifts first Train IV cargo
-
story
TT
Energy sector speculates on replacement
-
story
TT
Energy Williams cries false charges -
story
Jamaica's
bauxite/alumina production best since 1974 -
story
Caricom
Single Market and Economy (CSME) week in Jamaica -
story
T&T
names new High Commissioner to Jamaica -
story
Jamaica
Public Service (JPS) to use coal as energy source -
story
s
TT
Energy Minister faces 7 corruption charges-
story
Energy
Minister due in court tomorrow-
story
TT
Review of energy sector in 2005 -
story
Jamaica,
Venezuela sign historic oil deal-
story
Chavez
to lend Jamaica US$300m
-
story
Lower
toll: Venezuelan loan may keep cost down for Portmore commuters
-
story
All
set for a single market-
story
TT:
Oil market review 2005 -
story
Possible
joint venture from Petrotrin to Petrocaribe -
story
TT:
Foreign direct investment -
story
Record
prices greet ALNG 4 -
story
J'ca,
T&T sign off on US$250m LNG facility -
story
Harnessing
the gas economy -
story
Carrington:
Caricom far too quick to join Chavez oil scheme -
story
TT:
Financing still problem for local energy company -
story
TT
: Gas-to-liquid…: A feasible option
-
story
Caribbean’s
electricity demand rising
-
story
TT:
A critical look at 2006 and beyond
-
story
Ultra-deepwater
development in T&T
-
story
J’ca,
T&T move forward with gas investment
-
story
Jamaica
must aggressively pursue investment in renewable Energy- Robertson
-
story
Curacao:
Reaching out to the Caribbean
-
story
Suriname
government slammed for increasing transportation fees
-
story
CARICOM
development fund: Vital aspect of CSME -
story
Carrington
wary of PetroCaribe cheap oil deal
-
story
The
Jamaican economy: Battered and bruised, but still standing
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