Good innings: for Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad goes to bat for new round
Trinidad & Tobago's Energy Ministry has opened a data room for this year's planned E&P round for five gas blocks in the east (ECMA) and north (NCMA) coast marine areas, according to reports.
The blocks are 4(b) and 5(d) in ECMA and 3, 4 and 5 in NCMA.
The round's tentative launch date is 1 October, a ministry resource management official told BNamericas.
The data room will remain open until the round closes, which is usually four months after the round's launch date, the official said.
Block 4(b) is east of the Dolphin and Starfish producing fields and close to existing pipeline infrastructure. The block covers 750 square kilometres in water depths between 400 metres and 800 metres.
Block 5(d) is north of the Manakin gas discovery and east of the Corallita and Lantana discoveries. The block covers 685 square kilometres in water depths of between 450 metres and 800 metres.
Blocks 3, 4 and 5 are in water depths of between 100 metres and 550 metres and cover 2094 square kilometres, 1779 square kilometres and 2311 square kilometres respectively.
Next year, the ministry plans to relaunch an E&P round for blocks in the deep Atlantic area after only one bid was submitted when the blocks were first offered in 2006.