Pro­man says it will con­tin­ue sup­ply­ing car­bon diox­ide (CO₂) to Massy Gas for the fore­see­able fu­ture, fol­low­ing the shut­down of Nu­trien’s Trinidad Ni­tro­gen op­er­a­tions at Point Lisas.

In re­sponse to ques­tions on whether Pro­man could per­ma­nent­ly con­tin­ue sup­ply­ing CO₂ to Massy Gas and how long it could main­tain the cur­rent price, the com­pa­ny said, “Pro­man recog­nised the im­me­di­ate need for sup­plies of CO₂ to en­able Massy Gas and oth­er small­er busi­ness­es to con­tin­ue to op­er­ate. In the spir­it of col­lab­o­ra­tion, we stepped in to pro­vide that sup­port as soon as pos­si­ble, in­clud­ing the pro­vi­sion of the CO₂ at the pre­vi­ous­ly agreed price. I am sure that you will un­der­stand that we can’t share fur­ther com­mer­cial terms of our agree­ment, but the in­ten­tion is to con­tin­ue to sup­ply CO₂ to Massy Gas for the fore­see­able fu­ture.”

In­dus­try ex­perts have ques­tioned Pro­man’s abil­i­ty to main­tain the sup­ply long term.