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TRINIDAD :Predator Oil & Gas & Challenger : ..& completes acquisition : ..& interim results : New Heritage acting CEO : Exxon fossil fuel growth : PRC bids for blocks : T&T receives 4 bids in round : S&P Global analyses bids : TotalEnergies CEO : LNG stability threatened : Touchstone slashes drilling plans : MIC-IT apprentices train at bpTT : Petrostates output : Energy Chamber Forum : HDF Energy NewGen Chairman : Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism : S&P negative outlook : PM at UN – ‘Caribbean not a zone of peace’ : National Energy Dr Vernon Paltoo retires :
TRINIDAD 2 : Kamla to meet Caricom & US officials at UNGA : FATF bill amendments : ‘Deficit’ October budget : T&T Chamber on 2025–2026 budget : Chambers seek reforms in Police & Customs & Economy & e-Services : Rapid development agenda : Banks & insurers vulnerable to sovereign exposure : Test for Tancoo : NEL : Tancoo’s tone : Eradicate corruption at URP : Digital economy rewired : Shift gears in next budget : Ideas from TTCSI & Amcham T&T : True independence means strategic interdependence : T&TEC GM : Sophia Chote replaces Deoroop Teemal : Republicanism is more than democracy : September 24 – a PNM anniversary : Obituary – Lenny Saith 1935-2025
GUYANA : 7th Petroleum Production Licence : ..& ExxonMobil Guyana expands capacity : ..& Stabroek Partners Greenlight Project : ,,& Hammerhead project : ..& final investment decision : ..& A new FPSO and 18 wells. : ..& adds 150,000 bpd capacity : ..& TechnipFMC contract over $250 million : ..& project accelerates oil boom : ..& Saipem EPCI $500 million contract : Chevron $400 million hit from Hess deal : ExxonMobil Ranger-1 appraisal well : ,,& awards major ( four newbuild) vessels contract : ..& Smit Lamnalco support services mega contract : Stabroek is largest industry find in 15 years : GtE turbine foundation to be poured : Local content & workforce development : ..& spent G$87 Billion local content in 2025 : Guyana re-elects president amid continued oil boom : ..& chance to turn ‘ambition into reality’ : ..&Ruling party wins : ..& Ali sworn in as 9th Executive President : ..& A New Dawn : ,,& Ali wins 8 of the ten regions with 242,498 votes : US respect for Guyana : Guyana in high development category : Moonilal expects energy collaboration : ExxonMobil seeks specialised vessel for work offshore : Eco Atlantic Q2 results : US senators concerned aboutExxon tax in Guyana : Guyana as a energy powerhouse, AI hub at UNGA : Balancing energy development and climate goals –President Ali tells UN :
CARICOM : KPB reaffirms support for US & denies Caricom is ‘zone of peace’ : Second coming of Matriarch and Medallist : T & T deepens Global Partnerships : Caricom seeks peace at UNGA : Suriname seeks debt refinance : U.S.-Panama plan Haiti gang suppression force :..& Haiti Needs a Strategy, Money, Political Discipline : Confronting a proxy war : ..& Regional security at a critical juncture : Guyana pledges peace with all neighbours : Jamaica election : Licence to unlock Jamaican hydrocarbon potential : ..& United Oil & Gas granted the Beach Licence : Barbados -LNG deal with Florida firm :Border Carbon Adjustment : CARICOM letter to US: CDB and RevUP Caribbean = Caribbean Entrepreneurs : Caribbean Development Bank : ..&Financial Close on Geothermal Energy Project :OECS signs MoU on solar energy : Grenada joins CAF : Grenada & T&T energy deal : 63rd Independence /Day of Prayer : Caricom leaders speaking at UN on peace zone :Independent Senator Wesley Gibbings seeks Caricom unity : Guyana Dual role : The European Union and Caribbean Export Launch BRIDGE Facility : CNOOC 2025 interim results note record output : The International Business Conference (IBC) Guyana 2025
ISABELANA 1 : Arrow Exploration operational update : Exmar scores Colombian FSU gig : ..& to help navigate natural gas crisis : Scatec 15-year PPA for solar plant : Ex-BP chief Looney’s data centre player signs wind deal : Melbana Energy spuds well onshore Cuba : Panama for maritime decarbonization : Panama Canal interoceanic gas pipeline project : IMF Concludes 2025 Panama Article IV : Puerto Rico to import gas from Mexico FLNG : EU-US energy deal not LNG game-changer : bp Energy Outlook 2025 edition Key Insights : US economist – ‘region remains attractive to investors’ : MODEC confirmed as Hammerhead FPSO supplier : Exxon UK energy trading team and European rivals : EU vows to forge deeper ties with India : Reception for Trinidad and Tobago Chevening scholars : CABI consultation meeting in T&T : ExxonMobil censures EU approach to decarbonisation : If US shale has a horizon, technology keeps moving it : From sargassum to blue economy – opportunity for the Greater Caribbean : UK landmark legislation to protect world’s ocean : IMF Concludes Curaçao and Sint Maarten2025 Article IV Consultation :
ISABELANA 2 : T&T PM Caricom tells UNGA – ‘Fight fire with fire’ : Venezuela condemns ‘immoral US military threat’ : Prime Minister greets UNSG Antonio Guterres : President Ali updates UNGA on Venezuela’s threats : strengthened Guyana–US partnership : US destroys alleged drug boat, killing three : Chavismo braces for imminent US invasion : Venezuela accuses US Navy of ‘Hostile’ boarding boat :Caracas admits Maduro wrote Trump a letter : PM to Venezuelan VP– I will do what’s best for T&T : US Intervenes and Venezuela renews claim : US high-level talks : Emergency CELAC meeting as T&T backs US : T&T PM – ‘US is for drug interdiction, not invasion of Venezuela ‘: Venezuelan jets overfly US Navy : US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat , killing 11 : ..& vessel from Venezuela : Bring the evidence : TT Top CoP supports US strike : Colombia & Celac FMs discuss US Caribbean deployment : Caribbean Export & IDB MOU to Boost Investment : Caribbean Investment Forum 2025 : The New Face of Trade : Trump and King Charles III promote peace : Trump praises ‘phenomenal’ North Sea oil in UK visit : Trump withholds Venezuelan oil approval for non-U.S. majors : T&T & Venezuela relations : What after this round ends? : PM congratulates US over fatal strike on Venezuelan drug boat : Venezuela Accuses Guyana of ‘False Narrative’ at UNGA : President Irfaan Ali claims election victory and a second five-year term : United Nations Development Programme : UNGA 2014 PM Kamla Persad Bissessar debut at UNGA :
Headlines August 2025 and links to earlier months