From Oil to Gas and Beyond (eBook)

Trevor M. Boopsingh was a distinguished member of the International Society of Petroleum Engineers. He served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources from 1981 to 1987. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Engineering at the University of the West Indies and served as chairman of its Engineering Institute from 1994 to 1998. He also served as chairman of the state-owned oil company Petrotrin from 1991 to 1995. His seminal work, Oil, Gas, and Development: A View from the South, was published in 1990. Boopsingh was awarded Trinidad and Tobago’s second highest honor: the Chaconia Medal (Gold) for his outstanding contribution to the nation. Gregory McGuire is recognized as one of the leading energy economists in Trinidad and Tobago. He has over twenty years of cumulative experience in the energy industry, with particular emphasis on negotiating gas contracts, strategic planning, and gas marketing.

List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: From Walter Darwent to Atlantic LNG Train 4Trevor M. BoopsinghChapter 2: The Last Decade—Liquefied Natural Gas and Its ImpactTrevor M. BoopsinghChapter 3: Managing the Resource-based Economy in Times of PlentyGregory McGuireChapter 4: Natural Gas Market Structure, Contracts and Pricing in Trinidad and Tobago Gregory McGuireChapter 5: Maximizing National Value—Ownership, National Participation,Local Content and Sustainable Development Anthony E. PaulChapter 6: Trinidad and Tobago and Its NeighboursProfessor Anthony T. BryanChapter 7: Future Hydrocarbon ResourcesAnthony E. PaulChapter 8: Sustaining and Leveraging the Energy Sector Portfolio over the Next 100 YearsBaajnath SirinathChapter 9: Energy and Development—Realizing the VisionKerston CoombsChapter 10: The Social ImpactRichard Braithwaite and Trevor M. BoopsinghChapter 11: Hydrocarbons and the Environment in Trinidad and Tobago: An Emerging Legal RelationshipDr. Rajendra RamloganChapter 12: Petroleum Taxation in Context: The Role of the StateTrevor M. BoopsinghChapter 13: Taking Trinidad and Tobago Forward and Abroad: The Technical ChallengesAnthony E. Paul and Trevor M. BoopsinghChapter 14: The Communication ChallengeRichard BraithwaiteChapter 15: The Leadership ChallengeDr. Kermitt W. WalrondIndex