ENERGY Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has said that, notwithstanding pronouncements by Venezuelan officials, the Manatee gas project is “safe and will proceed.”

​“There are some infrastructure developments related to that project that are ongoing. Those projects continue and we will continue to speak with Shell and other stakeholders concerning an expansion in gas production from Manatee.”

When asked which Venezuelan officials he spoke to regarding the project, he said, “We conduct our business through all our stakeholders and in our diplomatic state-to-state relations, we work through the Foreign and Caricom affairs and that continues.”