The Energy Minister tells TV6 News he has received a report regarding the proposal for the restart of the State-owned oil refinery under the former PNM government.
And the Energy Minister says that the new UNC government is working with one of its coalition partners and other interested parties regarding its plans to restart the refinery.
00:00TV6 News has sent a question to Energy Minister Dr. Rudal Munilal to find out if he had received a status report on the proposed restart of the mothballed state-owned oil refinery and pointer pair by the Nigerian-based Owando PLC that was initiated by the former PNM-led government.
00:18Energy Minister Munilal told TV6 News that he has, quote, received a report and will review and speak to this matter shortly, end quote.
00:27Just days before the general election on April 28th, state-owned Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited, TPHL, said its discussions were very much ongoing with what it then identified as the preferred investor.
00:41The PNM lost the general election to the UNC-led coalition of interests, which includes the oilfields' workers' trade union, the OWTU.
00:50After the former PNM-led government closed down the refinery as part of what it called its restructuring of the state-owned oil company from Petrotrin into TPHL in late 2018,
01:02the OWTU failed in its efforts to be the preferred bidder to restart the refinery.
01:07Prime Minister Kamala Pesad-Besessa made no mention of the OWTU company when she made this announcement during her first post-Cabinet media briefing at the Red House in Port of Spain on Thursday,
01:19as she announced some of her plans for the local energy sector.
01:23We'll also begin the program to assess and determine and decide the reopening of the Petrotrin refinery.
01:31Thank you very much.
02:01The 0.14 MP, the OWTU's Onesto Kisar, is the new minister in the Ministry of Energy.
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