Trinidad & Tobago remains committed to increasing oil and gas production
Trinidad & Tobago looks to awaken the Dragon
The island nation’s energy minister delivers a bullish outlook on oil and gas both home and abroad
Trinidad & Tobago is making progress in its efforts to tap Venezuelan gas resources and remains committed to increasing oil and gas production at home, Stuart Young, the island nation’s minister of energy and energy industries, told Petroleum Economist in an interview on the sidelines of the recent Association of International Energy Negotiators event in Houston. Talks continue over access to Venezuela’s Dragon field, the minister explains, meaning he “is fairly limited” on what he can say, but he adds that “negotiations and discussions are going very well on both sides [with Venezuela and the US]”. Young visited Washington in May with Trinidadian prime minister Keith Rowley to talk to t
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