33-mile
gas pipeline for Tobago
Port Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
12 09 07
A United States company, Technip USA Inc, has been hired to execute phase one
of the US$72 million gas pipeline project at Cove, Tobago, which will eventually
provide more power for the sister island.
The
gas pipeline between Trinidad and Tobago will
be used to power the T&TEC generating plant
at Cove and will assist in the industrialisation
process, provide energy for light industries
at Cove, and provide energy for Tobago.
The
pipeline will be ten inches in diameter and 33
miles long.
At
last Thursday's weekly press briefing in Tobago,
Chief Secretary Orville London described the
venture as an exciting time for Tobago.
He
said the most modern technology will be utilised,
not only to bring the pipeline to Tobago but
to ensure it was an environmentally sensitive
project.
The
Tobago House of Assembly was informed of the
technique called horizontal directional drilling,
which will allow the firm to drill underneath
the reefs in Tobago.
This
will help in the preservation and protection
of the sensitive marine environment just outside
Cove, London said.
London
said he expected that when the project was completed
in the next two years, Tobago would be in a position
to have a more reliable supply of power which
would fuel more development.
Story
by Elizabeth
W Allard from
Trinidad Express,Tobago Bureau
Trinidad
Express
Monday,
November 26th 2007
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