The Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline from

Tobago Tobago () is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trini ...

to other eastern Caribbean islands.

History

The idea had its genesis with

Patrick Manning Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 Ma ...

, Prime Minister of

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, who announced in 2002 that his country was going to undertake one of the largest civil engineering projects in the Caribbean region. The project suffered a brief setback when

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n leader

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petitioned intensely that the pipeline should instead originate from

and reach further into the north, including

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and the

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. In March 2010 the

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indicated after a two-year hiatus that it would seek to move toward the negotiations stage for the first stage of the pipeline from Tobago to Barbados.

Network

The overall pipeline would be long, including shore approaches and the lateral line to Barbados. The first long stage would start from the Cove Point Estate in Tobago and run to Barbados. The second stage it would be expanded to Saint Lucia, Dominica,

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, and Guadeloupe.

Project company

The project is developed by the Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Limited (ECGPC). 60% of the company is jointly owned by the United States companies Beowulf Energy LLC and First Reserve Energy International Fund. Rest is owned by the Trinidad and Tobago companies Guardian Holdings (15%),

Unit Trust Corporation The Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) is a mutual fund company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1981 through an Act of Parliament Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts o ...

(15%), and the

National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) is a state-owned natural gas company. It was created by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in 1975. NGC is operating in the field of gas pipelines, industrial sites, gas production, ...

(10%).

References

External links

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History

Network

Project company

See also

References

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