The Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline from

Tobago Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger islan ...

to other eastern Caribbean islands.

History

The idea had its genesis with

Patrick Manning Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A geologist by training, Mannin ...

, Prime Minister of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

, who announced in 2002 that his country was going to undertake one of the largest civil engineering projects in the Caribbean region. The project suffered a brief setback when

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n leader

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petitioned intensely that the pipeline should instead originate from

and reach further into the north, including

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and the

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. In March 2010 the

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indicated after a two-year hiatus that it would seek to move toward the negotiations stage for the first stage of the pipeline from Tobago to Barbados.

Network

The overall pipeline would be long, including shore approaches and the lateral line to Barbados. The first long stage would start from the Cove Point Estate in Tobago and run to Barbados. The second stage it would be expanded to

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

, and

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

Project company

The project is developed by the Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Limited (ECGPC). 60% of the company is jointly owned by the United States companies Beowulf Energy LLC and First Reserve Energy International Fund. Rest is owned by the Trinidad and Tobago companies Guardian Holdings (15%),

Unit Trust Corporation The Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) is a mutual fund company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1981 through an Act of Parliament, the company describes itself as "the leading mutual fund company in the Carib ...

(15%), and the

National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) is a state-owned natural gas company. It was created by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in 1975. NGC operates in the field of gas pipelines, industrial sites, gas production, por ...

(10%).

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* * * *{{cite news , title=13 000 more homes to get natural gas , first=Albert , last=Brandford , url=http://www.nationnews.com/story/307463717878130.php , newspaper= Nation News , date=16 May 2007 , access-date=5 March 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618152238/http://www.nationnews.com/story/307463717878130.php , archive-date=18 June 2007 Companies of the Caribbean Natural gas pipeline companies Natural gas pipelines in Trinidad and Tobago Natural gas pipelines in Barbados Natural gas pipelines in Saint Lucia Natural gas pipelines in Dominica Natural gas pipelines in Martinique Natural gas pipelines in Guadeloupe Proposed pipelines in the Caribbean Submarine pipelines

History

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Project company

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