New Grenada govt eyes joint oil and gas pact with T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The newly-installed government of Grenada wants speedy agreement on lingering joint marine resources issues with T&T in order to facilitate exploration of energy resources along the countries’ adjoining borders. In an interview with T&T Guardian, economic adviser to the government of Grenada, Dr Patrick Antoine, said the Keith Mitchell administration plans to “immediately push for the finalisation of the framework agreement on oil and gas” between the two countries.
“We also want to push for the development of the joint overlapping region…which is Block 21 which straddles the median between Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago,” Dr Antoine said. Mitchell’s New National Party (NNP) had been critical of a 2009 maritime delimitation treaty which defined the countries’ respective exclusive economic zones. The agreement was signed by former prime ministers Patrick Manning and Tillman Thomas.