Despite bp and Shell having joined forces to bid for less than half of the 17 deep water blocks offered in the 2021/2022 bid round, four years were similar to that of the shallow water bound round in 2019, three years after the same consortium bid for three of the six shallow water blocks then on offer by the Energy Ministry.
But the regional president of bpTT says "that" the joint bid means that both oil and gas exploration companies "do see potential in Trinidad's deep water."
Juhel Browne reports.
