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National Energy to promote T&T energy

service firms by attending conferences

STATE-OWNED National Energy Corp. of regionally and internationally. The delivery of
Trinidad and Tobago (National Energy) has said this strategy is also part of the Government’s
that it will participate in at least three major oil Roadmap for Recovery Programme and will
and gas summits next year in an effort to help support our efforts to diversify the economy.”
the country’s energy services sector expand. Once the company has participated in the
Among the conferences on National Energy’s summits it plans to attend, it will perform a
agenda are the 2023 Guyana Energy Conference review of its 2023 programme while also analys-
& Expo in Georgetown, the 2023 Suriname Oil ing changes in market conditions so it can advise
and Gas Summit in Paramaribo and the 2023 on what markets to target going forward. ™
Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
National Energy is hoping that the growth of
the country’s energy sector will help strengthen
ongoing collaboration with key stakeholders
such as the Ministry of Energy and Energy
Industries (MEEI), the Ministry of Trade and
Industries (MTI), the Energy Chamber of Trin-
idad and Tobago and the T&T Coalition of Ser-
vices Industries (TTCSI).
The company made its announcement after
the government of Trinidad and Tobago named
it as the lead agency in the export promotion of
the Caribbean nation’s energy services. It also
revealed in a press release that it would be work-
ing closely alongside MEEI and other key stake-
holders to promote the export of Trinidad and
Tobago’s energy services.
“National Energy has long been the state
agency responsible for the development and
promotion of energy-based industries in T&T,”
Minister of Energy Stuart Young commented.
“With their current focus on regional energy
industry development and low-carbon future
industrial development, I have full confidence
that National Energy has the appropriate capac-
ity for developing and implementing strategies
towards increasing the export of energy services National Energy is promoting energy service exports (Image: National Energy)

COLOMBIA
ANH head: Colombian government deciding

whether to allow new oil and gas deals

ANDRES Bitar, the acting president of Colom- Speaking on the sidelines of an industry con-
bia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), ference organised by the Colombian Petroleum
told Reuters last week that Bogota had not yet Association (ACP), Bitar said the government
come to a final decision as to whether it would was still reviewing all the available options and
push forward with previously announced plans looking closely at the implications of each choice
to block new oil and gas exploration deals. for Colombia’s energy security and sovereignty.

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