South America / GoM
Country profile: Trinidad
| Location: | Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela ,0 |
| Climate: | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
| Terrain: | mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
| Size: | 5128 sq. km total (Land area: 5128 sq. km Water area: sq.km) |
| Population: | 1,047,366 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese |
| Government: | parliamentary democracy |
| Capital city: | Port-of-Spain |
| Legal system: | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD) |
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Country profile
The islands of the Caribbean basin are predominantly net energy importers, with the exception of Trinidad and Tobago. Agriculture and natural resource extraction activities continue to constitute the basis of the islands' economies, though the tourism and service sectors are growing. In recent years, the Caribbean countries have been worried that higher global oil prices will impair their efforts to expand economically.
In response, the island nations have been discussing ways to better integrate their energy sectors, especially in regards to increased natural gas exports from Trinidad and Tobago to other islands. These efforts have also focused on the major external energy suppliers to the region, such as Mexico and Venezuela.
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Trinidad - recent news
| 30 Oct 25 |
Trinidad: EnerMech secures pre-commissioning campaign for Manatee gas development in Trinidad & Tobago EnerMech has been awarded a pipeline pre-commissioning contract by McDermott in support of Shell Trinidad and Tobago’s Manatee gas development. The Company will deliver critical services across a 115km, 32-inch offshore pipeline. |
| 29 Sep 25 |
Trinidad: Touchstone announces Cascadura-4ST2 X well results and operations update Touchstone Exploration has provided an operational update on its Ortoire block activities, including drilling results from the Cascadura-4 development well ('Cas-4ST2X'). |
| 21 Sep 25 |
Trinidad & Tobago welcomes new entrants to its Deep Water Frontier On 17th September, 2025 the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) officially closed the 2025 Deep Water Competitive Bidding Round. The round included all currently available deep water blocks. |
| 01 Sep 25 |
Trinidad: Predator Oil & Gas announces completion of acquisition of Challenger Trinidad and forward plans Predator Oil & Gas Holdings has advised that the previously announced transaction for the purchase of the entirety of Challenger Energy Group's St. Lucia-domiciled subsidiary company, Columbus Energy (St. Lucia) Limited ('CEG Trinidad') and its business and operations in Trinidad and Tobago has been completed. |
| 15 Aug 25 |
Trinidad: Energy Chamber welcomes the signing of the PSC for the new TTUD-1 Block, offshore, between ExxonMobil and the Government The Energy Chamber welcomes the signing of the production sharing contract (PSC) for the new TTUD-1 Block between ExxonMobil and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. |
Trinidad - more news
Other countries in this region
- Argentina,
- Aruba,
- Bahamas,
- Barbados,
- Belize,
- Bermuda,
- Bolivia,
- Brazil,
- Canada,
- Chile,
- Colombia,
- Costa Rica,
- Cuba,
- Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador,
- Falklands,
- French Guiana,
- Grenada,
- Guatemala,
- Gulf of Mexico,
- Guyana,
- Honduras,
- Jamaica,
- Mexico,
- Nicaragua,
- Panama,
- Paraguay,
- Peru,
- Suriname,
- Uruguay,
- USA,
- Venezuela
