TT support for Guyana’s territorial integrity robust despite Dragon gas deal

Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister Stuart Young

CARICOM member country Trinidad and Tobago’s acquisition of a licence “to procure and produce natural gas from Venezuela’s Dragon Field has been s one of the high points of the country’s energy sector”, according to the country’s Energy Minister Stuart Young. Young is reported in the January 20 issue of the Sunday Guardian as saying that the future of Trinidad and Tobago, is secured after it had received the ‘green light’ to acquire a license “to procure and produce natural gas from Venezuela’s Dragon gas field and successful onshore/nearshore bid rounds.” The comment comes on the heels of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro referendum seeking to influence the Venezuelan populace to embrace a referendum to revive the claim.