The Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go Lim­it­ed (NGC) has ex­tend­ed con­grat­u­la­tions to Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar fol­low­ing the an­nounce­ment of sup­port from Unit­ed States Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio for the ap­proval of Of­fice of For­eign As­set Con­trol (OFAC) li­cens­es.

The li­cens­es will al­low Trinidad and To­ba­go to ad­vance the de­vel­op­ment of cross-bor­der hy­dro­car­bons, in­clud­ing the Drag­on Gas Field.

NGC ac­knowl­edged the role of the del­e­ga­tion that ac­com­pa­nied the Prime Min­is­ter, which in­clud­ed Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Sean Sobers, Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Bar­ry Padarath, and the staff of the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter. The com­pa­ny al­so recog­nised the con­tri­bu­tions of Min­is­ter of En­er­gy Roodal Mooni­lal, Min­is­ter Ernesto Ke­sar, and the staff of the Min­istry of En­er­gy.