Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal says the Government is confident that it will have a clear roadmap for the restart of the Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery by the end of 2026.

Speaking to TTT News at a Mature Basin Energy Symposium at Cara Suites on Wednesday morning, Minister Moonilal stressed that the process for the restart of the refinery will not be rushed, noting that legal, financial and operational due diligence must be completed carefully to avoid setbacks.

“We are confident that by year end we will have a clear flight plan for the refinery and we have done the groundwork, done the homework, we have done the lab work. So it is a question now of going through all the legal, transparent, fair processes because we operate within the legal framework and I don’t want a situation where we rush and then we breach the law, or we rush and then the agencies in Trinidad and Tobago put a red light in front of us.”