PM'S MEETING WITH SHELL ON DRAGON GAS

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As the Government has declared the Dragon Gas project has been brought back from the dead, the Prime Minister has sought an update from Shell, one of the two global energy companies involved in the project.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00Speaking with the media following an event at the Diplomatic Center on Friday,

00:04Prime Minister Kamala Pesad-Besessa did not give a timeline as to when Trinidad and Tobago can expect a renewal

00:10of the Office of Foreign Assets Control License by the U.S., which has given its support for the drug and gas project

00:18following a bilateral meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Prime Minister in Washington on Tuesday.

00:25Well, I can tell you soon, no date, time frame is given, but I think we both understood the urgency of the matter.

00:33So that is one step in a two-step process that we have to go through.

00:37The second step would be our license with Venezuela.

00:41A reference to a license granted by the government of Venezuela led by President Nicolas Maduro to Trinidad and Tobago

00:47during the former PNM administration before the 2025 general election.

00:52I am told that we had a 30-year license from Venezuela, but of course, given all that has transpired,

01:00we will have some more negotiations with Venezuela.

01:04Shell is involved in that project, and indeed I'm meeting Mr. Lomax from Shell in a short while

01:11to see what progress they have made.

01:14Shell Trinidad and Tobago says on its website, the North Coast Marine Area includes its two offshore facilities,

01:20one of which is the Hibiscus Platform, the facility which, according to the government,

01:25the gas from Venezuela's dragon field would go to first before being brought on shore to Trinidad.

01:31Before this happened with the United States, Shell had gone to Venezuela.

01:35They had discussions with Madam Delcy about the license, and I want to get updates from him as well,

01:41because Shell will have to speak with officials in Venezuela.

01:46How soon, I can't tell you.

01:47A reference to Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who the opposition says is Venezuela's new energy minister.

01:54The Prime Minister was asked if she recognizes Mr. Maduro as the president of Venezuela.

02:00That does not arise with a great disrespect.

02:02On its website, the U.S. State Department says there is a $50 million reward under the Narcotics Rewards Program

02:09for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of President Maduro for what the U.S. claims is the violation of U.S. narcotics laws.

02:19Jewel Brown, TV6 News.

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