By David Renwick
4th September, 2013
Joel (Monty) Pemberton has a hugely ambitious goal for Trinity Exploration and Production plc, the petroleum company of which he is chief executive officer (CEO) and a shareholder: “To become the first internationally recognised independent Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas company.”
Coincidentally, that is precisely the objective Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Christian Ramnarine, has for a state-owned energy firm, the National Gas Co (NGC). “NGC must be the vehicle for growth through which Trinidad and Tobago can expand its footprint both at home and abroad,” he has categorically stated. “The idea that NGC should be confined to the borders of Trinidad and Tobago is one that has been totally dismissed by this minister of energy.”