Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley toured the Men­to plat­form at the TOF­CO fab­ri­ca­tion yard yes­ter­day to get an up­date on the con­struc­tion progress.

In a news re­lease yes­ter­day, bpTT said the plat­form is in the fi­nal stages of con­struc­tion as it gets ready to sail away with­in the com­ing weeks.

The jack­et—or base—will be loaded on­to a barge, while the top­sides will be loaded out with­in the up­com­ing days. The jack­et, fol­lowed by the top­sides, will then sail to the east coast of Trinidad for in­stal­la­tion at their fi­nal lo­ca­tion, af­ter which com­mis­sion­ing ac­tiv­i­ties will com­mence. The Men­to de­vel­op­ment is a 50/50 joint ven­ture be­tween EOG Re­sources Trinidad Lim­it­ed and bpTT, with EOG as the op­er­a­tor.

BpTT said Row­ley toured the fa­cil­i­ty with lead­er­ship from EOG, bpTT, and TOF­CO.

Pres­i­dent of bpTT David Camp­bell said, “ Men­to is an ex­cel­lent ex­am­ple of the pow­er of col­lab­o­ra­tion to bring much-need­ed gas to mar­ket. BpTT’s part­ner­ship with EOG has grown from strength to strength with each de­vel­op­ment, and I am look­ing for­ward to work­ing to­geth­er on our next joint project, Co­conut.”

First gas is ex­pect­ed in 2025.
Just over 50 per cent of the work­ers who con­struct­ed the plat­form at TOF­CO came from La Brea and en­vi­rons.