Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley, and Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries, Stu­art Young MP, both had an op­por­tu­ni­ty to­day, to learn of Pro­man’s fu­ture pro­pos­als for its par­tic­i­pa­tion T&T’s en­er­gy in­dus­try.

An of­fi­cial state­ment re­leased by the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter re­ports that dis­cus­sions in­clud­ed up­stream gas projects, among oth­ers.

“Fu­ture projects, in­clud­ing pro­pos­als re­lat­ed to up­stream gas projects and pro­pos­als re­lat­ed to car­bon cap­ture uti­liza­tion and stor­age, fea­tured heav­i­ly at to­day’s talks,” the PM’s Of­fice re­lease re­vealed.

It not­ed that both Dr Row­ley and Min­is­ter Young “re­ceived de­tailed pre­sen­ta­tions sur­round­ing Pro­man’s tech­nol­o­gy and in­no­va­tion ap­proach and its ap­plic­a­bil­i­ty to the lo­cal in­dus­try.” 

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, and Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Stuart Young MP, during the meeting with Proman executives, at the company's offices in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Image courtesy Office of the Prime Minister)

The spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion, which in­clud­ed the Chief Ex­ec­u­tive of Pro­man, David Cas­sidy, took place at Pro­man’s of­fices in Dus­sel­dorf, Ger­many.

“They both met with the lead­ers dri­ving the en­er­gy com­pa­ny’s glob­al projects with a view to ex­plor­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for fur­ther de­vel­op­ment in Trinidad and To­ba­go,” the PM’s Of­fice said.

On Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 5, the PM’s Of­fice re­port­ed that dur­ing his meet­ing with Pro­man’s chief, David Cas­sidy, at the com­pa­ny’s Zurich, Switzer­land head­quar­ters, Mr Cas­sidy reaf­firmed Pro­man’s com­mit­ment to T&T’s en­er­gy sec­tor, to the tune of US$1.1 bil­lion in in­vest­ments over the next decade.

The PM’s Of­fice says Dr Row­ley will trav­el to Lon­don on Wednes­day, where he is ex­pect­ed to meet with ex­ec­u­tives from BP on Thurs­day morn­ing.