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KEVIN RAMNARINE
Kevin Ramnarine the former Minister of Energy of Trinidad and Tobago (June 2011 to September 2015). During his tenure, he was credited with opening up Trinidad and Tobago’s deepwater acreage to exploration. In total nine deepwater “production sharing contracts” (PSC’s) were signed with BHP Billiton and its partners. Arising out of these nine contracts BHP Billiton conducted the largest ever 3D seismic survey conducted by an International Oil Company in the history of the oil industry.

In total, he has signed twenty-three PSC’s and E&P licenses which is record for a single Minister. As Minister, he presided over a four-fold increase in petroleum related Foreign Direct Investment from $US 501 million in 2010 to $US 1.9 billion in 2014. He also oversaw the first energy related initial public offering (IPO) in the history of Trinidad and Tobago. The TTNGL (Phoenix Park) IPO went on to become the largest IPO in the history of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.

Prior to being appointed Energy Minister, he held positions in the Energy Chamber and at BG T&T where he worked as the Lead Economist for the East Coast Marine Area. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry, a M.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering and an MBA. He is also a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

He is currently a lecturer at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, University of the West Indies. In 2016 he was made a distinguished affiliated scholar with the University of Texas, Austin. He also writes a weekly column in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper that focuses on the economic and energy issues.

For his contribution to the development of the Trinidad and Tobago energy sector he received the award of “Energy Executive of the Year” from the Petroleum Economist magazine in 2014.