PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—The Trinidad and Tobago authorities is predicting a rise within the common pure fuel output for this yr, confirming elevated output in July and August after the output plunged in June.
In an announcement, the Ministry of Power and Power Industries (MEEI) mentioned it has taken word of current stories relating to pure fuel manufacturing and is advising that pure fuel manufacturing for June 2024 was impacted by upkeep actions carried out by three of the key upstream fuel producers, leading to a 22 % discount in manufacturing in comparison with the earlier month.
It mentioned this lower in pure fuel manufacturing was transparently mirrored within the Consolidated Pure Gasoline Month-to-month Bulletins for the interval January-June 2024.
“This upkeep exercise, undertaken by vital vitality gamers bpTT, Woodside, and Shell, was deliberate a yr prematurely and is important to compliance with authorities rules.
“Amongst these actions had been turnarounds, that are proactive measures to make sure the security of all personnel on the respective amenities in addition to the optimization of processes aimed in the direction of enhancing manufacturing and general effectivity,” the assertion mentioned.
The ministry mentioned that the lower in pure fuel manufacturing was sheltered throughout the pure fuel worth chain by deliberate turnarounds at Prepare IV at Atlantic LNG, Level Lisas Nitrogen Restricted, and the Urea plant at Nutrien Ltd for June 2024.
The MEEI additional suggested that, with the completion of those actions, preliminary information exhibits that pure fuel manufacturing for the month of July 2024 elevated to 2.3 BCF/D and additional elevated to 2.7 BCF/D in August. Manufacturing for This autumn 2024 is projected to common 2.5 BCF/D.
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