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DeNovo brings fully renewable-powered

platform on line at Zandolie gas field

DENOVO Energy Ltd of Trinidad and Tobago Two months later, the company commissioned
has begun extracting natural gas from a renew- Oil Plus, another local firm, to develop a main-
able energy-powered platform, the first of tenance strategy and programme for the project
its kind, off the western coast of the island of that could optimise gas production while also
Trinidad. lowering carbon emissions.
The company announced that the platform According to DeNovo, the rig was built,
had delivered its first gas from the Zandolie installed and commissioned in 31 months at
field last week. According to previous reports, a cost of $52mn. Despite the setbacks caused
the drilling platform will support a single well at by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19)
the field, which lies within the Block 1(a) licence pandemic, the company reported that zero
area, and will be capable of handling 40mn cubic man-hours had been lost during the execution
feet (1.13mn cubic metres) per day of gas. of the project, with 476,613 hours of labour
In a statement, DeNovo’s chairman Claus having been completed by a workforce of 371
Cronberger hailed this development as a step employees.
forward for his company. In addition to being fully powered by wind
“The first commercial gas supply from Zan- and solar, the platform was manufactured
dolie is a significant accomplishment. Across entirely within Trinidad. DeNovo said last week
the Proman family of companies, we have that it hopes to replicate the success of its efforts
always been driven by innovation and the use at Zandolie by commissioning similar platforms
of best-in-class technology in our facilities, and for installation at other fields. ™
Zandolie exemplifies this thinking,” said Cron-
berger, who also serves as managing director of
DeNovo’s parent company Proman Trinidad
and Tobago.
DeNovo first awarded a front-end engineer-
ing and design (FEED) contract for the renew-
able energy-powered rig to Aquaterra Energy,
the designer of this Sea Swift-type offshore
platform, in May 2020. Following the platform’s
construction, DeNovo awarded a construction,
installation and commissioning (CIC) contract
to United Engineering Services Ltd (UESL) in
October 2021.
Following the completion of this work,
DeNovo proceeded to award a shore-based
services contract to Peterson, a local company. The Zandolie field lies within Block 1(a) offshore Trinidad (Image: DeNovo Energy)

REGIONAL
Asphalt shipments to Latin American

markets reported down in H1-2022

WATERBORNE asphalt deliveries to Latin This year-on-year decline appears to stem
American buyers slipped 13% to 320,400 tonnes from a rise of more than 50% in asphalt prices
in the first half of 2022, a significant drop from in the US, which happens to be Latin America’s
the figure of 367,800 tonnes reported during the main foreign supplier.
same period of last year, according to Vortexa The trend is clear with respect to US Gulf
vessel tracking data cited by Argus Media. Coast (USGC) asphalt producers.

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