by Cur­tis Williams

BPTT and Roy­al Dutch Shell are the on­ly two bid­ders for three of the six shal­low wa­ter blocks that were of­fered in T&T com­pet­i­tive bid round.

The joint bids were made for blocks 4 (c), U (c ) and low­er re­verse L.

All three are off the east coast of Trinidad where BPTT and Shell op­er­ate sev­er­al oth­er blocks.

No bids were made for blocks NC­MA 2 and 3 that are west of To­ba­go and no bid for block 1 (c).

We will have a fur­ther up­date lat­er.