With an estimated 580 delegates, participation in the T&T Energy Conference 2017 was down from some previous years when the country's premier energy conference attracted over 600 participants.
But the organisers, the Energy Chamber, expressed delight that all of the booths at the conference were sold out. The conference, which took place at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port-of-Spain this week, attracted participants from the US, the United Kingdom, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, China, the Falklands Island and the Dominican Republic.
Noticeably absent from the exhibition was the Petrotrin booth even though acting Minister Colm Imbert declared that the state-owned entity was well-poised to increase T&T's energy production.
Awards were distributed to three entities, the University of T&T, Non Destructive Testers Ltd (NDTL) and TSTT. UTT walked away with the award for, "Best Energy Efficiency or Green House Gas Emission Reduction Project." NDTL walked away with the award for "Best Social Investment Project, Small and Medium Enterprises" and TSTT walked away with the award for "Best Social Investment Project, large."
Not daunted by the low oil prices and the decline in T&T's economy, exhibitors said the future is still bright for the energy sector.