Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and newly-founded Natural Gas Company, Icon, have completed two months of a small pilot venture using natural gas to provide energy and Chairman of DDL, Komal Samaroo says that the progress so far shows the project’s technical feasibility.
The Trinidadian company held its official media launch yesterday morning at Cara Lodge, where it was announced that for the past two months they have been conducting a pilot project with DDL of running an engine with natural gas in its liquefied form (LNG). The project was conceptualized to run for a period of six months, with the aim of showing that the technology, economics and logistics in obtaining and running LNG engines can work, and also, to educate and help people understand the benefits and ease of operations of using natural gas, as opposed to conventional gases such as diesel.
Speaking at the event, Samaroo explained that one of DDL’s goals through the years, from its inception, has always been to ensure that they remain competitive in a changing world. He said that considering the fact that trading arrangements in the past only allowed for certain preferences, which often came to an end, there was a need to develop a plan to transition into being a globally competitive company which can compete with the “giants of the world.”
