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DEREK Luk Pat has been appointed chief executive officer of the State’s fuel distribution company, the National Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd (NP).

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young says the ministry is doing everything it can to assist National Petroleum (NP) to get fuel to gas stations in areas affected by flooding and landslides. But, he said the safety and the security of the drivers of the tankers, which transport the fuel, come first. “NP said that some of

Verification process begins for CNG dispensers Curtis Mohammed, President NGC CNG (right) explains the calibration exercise to Unipet CEO Dexter Riley. - NGC CNG The NGC CNG Company Ltd has teamed up with the TT Bureau of Standards to have all dispensers at CNG service stations verified by the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI). It said this should ensure accuracy in the volume of gas dispensed. In a joint release earlier in the week, the companies said it began verification work on the nozzles...

[UPDATED] OWTU: NP explosion was preventable Monday 14 December 2020 NP employees wait at a muster point on the northern side of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway after fuel storage tank exploded at the NP compound in Sea Lots injuring two workers on Friday. On Saturday, NP reported one employee is in ICU but stable and the other was discharged. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB - The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has accused National Petroleum (NP) of covering up details of what led to Friday’s e...

(CMC): A preliminary report on an explosion at the National Petroleum Marketing (NP) company’s tank farm in Trinidad and Tobagos capital, Port of Spain, is to be provided today. There were no fatalities in the incident, which took place on Friday, but two people who were near to the tank were injured in the blast. They were taken to hospital for emergency treatment. One of the injured workers has since been discharged and the other remains in stable condition in the intensive care uni...

No loss in service after explosion, says NP The National Petroleum Company (Trinidad and Tobago) Ltd, Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots. Photo by Roger Jacob National Petroleum (NP) says members of the public will continue to have their usual access to super fuel, after an explosion at NP’s Sea Lots building destroyed a fuel container on Friday. Acting CEO John Gormandy told reporters at the scene that the tank, at the southern end of the compound, was practically empty and was being cleared of residua...