The Government is engaged in discussions with British energy giant Shell, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Barry Padarath said yesterday.

Speaking at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, he said: “As we speak, members of the Government are meeting with Shell. And this is an ongoing discussion that we have been having and this is not an isolated development.

“When the Prime Minister tra­velled to the US and met with Pre­sident (Donald) Trump, President Trump opened a door for T&T. Minister (Nicholas) Morris and myself were there together with Minister (Sean) Sobers, in terms of the deliberations with the Secretary with responsibility for energy, and a lot of those discussions are bearing fruit.