{"id":7164,"date":"2026-11-06T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:47:27","slug":"pennelope-beckles-robinson-says-nutrien-shutdown-threatens-350-jobs-and-presses-government-on-gas-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=7164","title":{"rendered":"Pennelope Beckles-Robinson says Nutrien shutdown threatens 350 jobs and presses Government on gas supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tg-source-video\" style=\"margin:1.25rem 0;\"><video controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/news.tringlobe.com\/auto-article\/static\/output\/podcast-source-clip-18a890f75653cea79bb988dd939f3d4512c84bd41228d3128f5f6e31e0063463.mp4\"><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles-Robinson has said the shutdown of Nutrien threatens 350 jobs, with workers already beginning to receive termination letters.<\/p>\n<p>She linked the closure to broader concerns about natural gas availability and the performance of Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s ammonia industry.<\/p>\n<p>Beckles-Robinson said the company had entered a contract with NEC in 2023 and invested approximately $130 million in upgrades in 2024. She also referred to a dispute over port-fee arrears and other matters, without presenting the contract or correspondence during her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging challenges with gas production, she questioned how the shutdown fitted with the Energy Minister\u2019s positive statements about the sector.<\/p>\n<p>She also sought an update on proposed discussions with Venezuela over gas supplies. Beckles-Robinson asked whether recent diplomatic engagement had produced an agreement or any arrangement that could help address Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s shortage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles-Robinson says Nutrien workers have started receiving termination letter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7164","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\/7164","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=7164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}