DiALO gUE WiTh Th E En ERgy MiniSTRy

the Ministry of energy and energy affairs hosted this year’s annual technical Meeting (atM) between the Ministry and Methanex trinidad at its port of spain office on november 08, giving more of the Ministry’s personnel an opportunity to participate. the conversation focused on issues impacting Methanex in trinidad including the outlook for natural gas supply, a review of our responsible care and reliability performance and initiatives, including the 2013 titan turnaround as well as a finance overview, methanol markets update and projections for methanol growth globally. representatives of the Ministry of Finance (inland revenue) and the environmental Management authority continued to participate in this session.

The ATM was preceded by a presentation on the Methanol Fuel Blending Feasibility Study which has been completed according to the terms of the MOU. Jeron Chin, Process Team Lead (Trinidad) and Jason Chesko, Senior Manager, Fuels (Vancouver, Canada) led the presentation which highlighted methanol fuel blending initiatives in several countries, environmental benefits and opportunities for blended fuels in the Caribbean region. They were supported by Technical Team members from Methanol holdings (Trinidad) Limited, national Petroleum Marketing Company (gasoline retailer) and PETROTR in (gasoline producer). The goal is to continue discussions with the Ministry in advancing this initiative.