Accountability5 April 202610 min
Who Built What: Every Energy Project Traces to the PNM
Cypre, Manatee, Ginger, Coconut, ExxonMobil, Brechin Castle - all PNM-initiated. The UNC has not conceived a single new upstream project.
Read the analysisPerspective5 April 202612 min
The PNM's Lost Decade: Economic Decline by the Numbers
GDP per capita fell 10.8%. Reserves dropped 54%. Moody's downgraded to junk. No HSF deposits in a decade.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
The UNC's First Year: What Was Delivered, What Was Not
Murder rate down 42%. Three SoEs declared. 16,000 workers fired. Every energy project inherited. A one-year report card.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
The Union-to-Cabinet Pipeline: Who Oversees Whom?
Three union officials sit in ministries overseeing their former sectors. One signed loan documents for a refinery bid he now oversees.
Read the analysisPerspective31 March 202610 min
Dragon Gas: 40 Years of Waiting, and the Alignment May Finally Be Holding
Shell signed new agreements in Caracas in March 2026 with US officials watching. But the Dragon gas project has survived this moment before - only to collapse. What makes this time different, and what does Trinidad and Tobago actually control?
Read the analysisPerspective31 March 202611 min
The Middle East War Should Be Making Trinidad and Tobago Rich. It Isn't.
Brent crude past US$119. LNG benchmarks up 70%. Ammonia, urea, and methanol at multi-year highs. But gas production is falling, a major plant is shut, Atlantic LNG trains are offline, and the windfall is arriving in an economy structurally unable to absorb it.
Read the analysisAccountability30 March 202610 min
The Guaracara Refinery's US$50 Million Question
An Italian engineering firm announced a US$50 million refinery study before any government did. The company paying for it is brand new. Nobody will say who is financing it.
Read the analysisAccountability23 March 202610 min
NGC Cut Off Nutrien's Gas. Now 500 Workers and the Country's CO2 Supply Are in Limbo.
A dispute over $28 million in port fees and gas pricing has shut down one of Point Lisas's largest plants. The fallout reaches hospitals, food production, and the forex pipeline.
Read the analysisPatterns7 March 202613 min
Everything Is Pinned on 2027. What If It Slips?
Gas production is at 2.5 bcf/d, down from a peak of 4.3. An LNG train is being permanently scrapped. Every major upstream project points to 2027. Trinidad and Tobago is running on fumes in the meantime.
Read the analysisPerspective13 February 202611 min
Before the Applause Fades: What Trinidad and Tobago's Decline Should Teach Guyana
A former T&T Energy Ministry director wrote to Guyana's press warning them to learn from Trinidad and Tobago's mistakes. No T&T outlet covered it.
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