THE aborted Atlantic Train 1 is turning into another World Gas-To-Liquids (WGTL) Scandal.
THE aborted Atlantic Train 1 is turning into another World Gas-To-Liquids (WGTL) Scandal.
In both cases, taxpayers of Trinidad and Tobago are being cheated of hundreds of millions of precious dollars.
In both cases, no one in authority would pay the price.
The WGTL disgrace pertains to the wastage of around $3.5 billion on a project at Pointe-a-Pierre that was not feasible.
The abandoned plant was later sold at a peppercorn price to a consortium of friends of the PNM.
Litigation introduced by the Kamla Persad-Bissessar Administration against the top brass of Petrotrin was withdrawn by the Government of Dr. Keith Rowley.
No one was held accountable for the costly outrage.
The ALNG Train 1 venture was undertaken, in spite of dire warnings from international stakeholders about the lack of feedstock to sustain the project.
Again, the people’s money went down the drain.
Once more, no one would be held to account, because Rowley and Finance Minister Colm Imbert granted legal indemnity to the Board of Directors of National Gas Company.
That is the dismissive and callous manner in which the PNM governments treat the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
Millions of dollars go down the drain, and the PNM shields its bungling friends and cronies.