STATE ENTERPRISES’ INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2014
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) is a
major focus of the company. Therefore, NGC is
committed to ensuring the protection of human
health, personnel safety and environmental
quality.Thiscompanyhasembarkeduponseveral
“safety culture based initiatives”which are critical
to the organization, and has also initiated several
measures to merge EHS principles into everyday
processes by the use of an EHS Portal.
NGChas a robust BusinessContinuityPlan (BCP)
that has been audited externally and tested via
mini-tabletops for its core operational sites to
ensure that NGC’s primary operations are not
compromised.
Health Surveillance is another significant EHS
aspect monitored and managed by the company.
Indoor air quality and shelter-in-place training
are conducted quarterly to ensure the wellness
of all employees at the various NGC facilities.
On the environmental side, the company
has adopted a “no net loss principle” with
respect to the deforestation. This is carried
out using a community-based approach
whereby community groups neighbouring the
reforestation sites, known asCommunityRe-Leaf
Blocs, were formed and engaged to execute the
reforestation works. Areas under reforestation
are Edward Trace, Grant’s Trace, Woma, Guapo
and Mayaro.
CORE BUSINESS
NGC continues to play a critical role in the
development of the country by expansion of gas-
based industries in Trinidad and Tobago. During
fiscal 2013, NGC worked on several projects
aimed at improving the infrastructure to support
the expansion of the natural gas industry and its
transformation into liquefied natural gas (LNG),
methanol, ammonia, iron and steel and other
gas-based products.
NGC has completed one of its major projects
which is the Tobago Pipeline Project. The Liquid
Fuels Pipeline project is near completion. These
projects are all internally managed, utilizing
reputable local and international service
providers.
Major projects under development are:
GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECT
•
Liquid Fuel Pipeline (LFP)
– This project
involves the construction of an 8” diameter
steel multiproduct pipeline from Point-a-
Pierre to Caroni, the construction of a road
tank wagon loading facility at Caroni, and a
dedicated Jet Fuel Pipeline from Caroni to
Piarco Airport.
The estimated cost was revised from $597.0
million to $832.8 million. The expenditure
for the period October 2012 to March
2013 was $169.9 million and projections to
September 2013 is expected to be $58.7
million. Construction and commissioning
at Piarco are scheduled to be completed by
September 2013.
This project is 97% complete and is being
funded by GORTT, NGC and PETROTRIN.
TRANSMISSION PIPELINE
• North Eastern Offshore Pipeline (NEOP)
– This project involved the connection of
a 36” diameter offshore pipeline from the
BHP Billiton (BHPB) field to the Beachfield
Upstream Development (BUD) pipeline. The
estimated cost of the project was revised
from $3,204.5 million to $3,473.0 million in
2012. The NEOP commenced in 2007 and
was commissioned in May 2011.
• Tobago Pipeline Project
– In alignment
with GORTT’s plans to develop an Industrial
Estate at Cove Point Lowlands, Tobago, NGC
was requested to construct a pipeline and
supporting infrastructure to supply gas to
meet the island’s long-term domestic needs
and to provide additional transportation
ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
