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protection projects, while the bulk of the Trinidadian
work remains in oil and gas.
Teelucksingh said the first major oil company to enlist
Coastal Dynamics’ help was BPTT, and subsequent
relationships have been developed with every major
energy company active in the country, thanks to its fa-
miliarity with the unique environmental obstacles en-
countered while doing on-island business.
As other islands in the region – Barbados and Jamai-
ca, for example – as well as emerging countries like
Suriname get more involved in the energy sector, more
offshore business is anticipated.
“Once we had one client and it was a respected proj-
ect we did,” he said, “people started to come to us
saying ‘OK, we’ll give you a chance.’ We are marketing
ourselves to those up-and-coming markets.”
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