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Nigerian Company, Oando In Lead To Purchase Trinidad’s Refinery 

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Last updated: October 8, 2024 10:07 pm
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Published: October 8, 2024
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Nigerian oil company, Oando Plc, has been shortlisted by the Trinidadian government as one of three final contenders to take over the country’s state-owned refinery, Petrotrin.

According to Punch reports, the defunct company is a state-owned oil company in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Trinidadian Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, disclosed this during a presentation of its national budget held on September 30. Our correspondent obtained the minister’s speech on Monday.

He noted that among the initial 10 proposals, three companies had made the final shortlist including, CRO Consortium, a consortium of three Trinidadian companies, INCA Energy, an American company, and Nigeria’s Oando Plc.

The bidding process began in February 2024, when the government of Trinidad and Tobago enlisted the services of US-based Scotia Capital to oversee the refinery’s procurement by inviting “expressions of interest.”

Imbert noted, “A formal selective Request for Proposals process will now be initiated to determine the winner among these three companies, with a view to restarting the refinery, if found feasible.”

He explained that the proposals received were evaluated based on five criteria which were, a clear restart plan and timeline by the proposing company.

This restart plan and timeline had to include an asset integrity assessment, utility requirements such as power, natural gas, and water, as well as sources of crude supply.

Other criteria included a viable financing plan that covered working capital, and an agreement with the Trinidadian state oil company, Paria, that safeguarded the national interest in fuel security while addressing the management of Heritage’s crude supply, among others.

The refinery located in Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad had been closed since 2018, when the country’s Prime Minister, Keith Rowley noted that the refinery was recording losses of up to $2bn per annum.

Colm Imbert in his budget speech noted that the accumulated losses of the refinery as of the last audit was $15bn, with the country carrying a public debt of $3bn on behalf of the company.

He also noted that when the refinery was shut down in 2018, it was battling with low productivity levels.

Trinidad and Tobago, just like Nigeria is a crude oil-producing nation that relies on imported petroleum products for its energy demands.

According to reports, the refinery under review was built in 1917, making Trinidad the major oil supplier to the Caribbean region. In 1956, the owner of the refinery, Trinidad Leaseholds was acquired by Texaco, however, Texaco’s assets were nationalized in 1984.

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