The Barbados National Oil Company Ltd. (BNOCL) is a national state-owned energy provider in the country of

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

. Founded several decades ago, the company satisfies about 30% of the country's total consumption of

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

and

gas Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma). A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...

. With approximately 90 000 homes across the island of Barbados, the company lays claims to having

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

hookups with 70 000 of them. In addition, to the many homes connect to the islands' natural gas infrastructure the company also supplies he

Barbados Light and Power Company The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P Co.) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Emera Caribbean and currently the sole electricity utility provider in the country of Barbados. It started operations on 17 June 1911. The company claims it ...

, the airport, and provides gas distribution for many of the islands' privately owned

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. The country has an energy total requirement of around of oil per year. Of this amount the Barbados National Oil Company supplies Barbados with around of oil per year. Subsidies: *The Barbados National Terminal Company Limited (BNTCL)

External links

The Barbados National Terminal Co. Ltd
- (Official website) Oil and gas companies of Barbados National oil and gas companies {{Barbados-stub