{"id":5706,"date":"2026-10-14T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5706"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:00:36","slug":"imbert-blames-government-gas-pricing-for-nutrien-exit-warns-farmers-could-face-higher-fertiliser-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5706","title":{"rendered":"Imbert Blames Government Gas Pricing For Nutrien Exit, Warns Farmers Could Face Higher Fertiliser Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Martin North\/East MP Colm Imbert has blamed the Government\u2019s natural gas pricing approach for Nutrien\u2019s decision to cease operations, while warning that the closure could increase fertiliser costs for local farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions about the loss of more than 300 jobs, Imbert rejected statements that the Government could not be blamed for the company\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>He said the dispute centred on the price of natural gas supplied by the National Gas Company and claimed the cost being sought had reached a level that Nutrien considered financially unviable.<\/p>\n<p>Imbert said older petrochemical plants face higher maintenance costs and can also be less efficient in converting natural gas into fertiliser, making them more vulnerable to increases in feedstock prices.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that sustained pressure for higher gas prices could eventually force operators to conclude that production in Trinidad and Tobago was no longer economically viable.<\/p>\n<p>Imbert also warned of consequences beyond employment, saying Nutrien had been a significant fertiliser supplier to local agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>He said farmers could now become more dependent on imported fertiliser, which he predicted would come at higher prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imbert says Nutrien\u2019s closure could leave local farmers dependent on more expensive imported fertiliser supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}