primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message petrotrin petroleum company of trinidad and tobago industry oil and gas industry predecessor trintoc trintopec founded january 1993 1993 01 headquarters pointe a pierre trinidad and tobago key people andrew jupiter chairman 1 number of employees 4 300 2 website www.petrotrin.com petroleum company of trinidad and tobago limited petrotrin is a state owned oil company in trinidad and tobago . the company was established in 1993 by the merger of trintopec and trintoc two state owned oil companies . a third company trinmar ltd was merged into the company in 2000 . 3 trintoc was formed from the assets of shell trinidad ltd. and texaco while trintopec was formed when the government purchased trinidad tesoro a joint venture between the government and tesoro oil company which was created to purchase the assets of british petroleum . these companies were formed from a suite of earlier companies including united british oilfields of trinidad ubot and trinidad leaseholds limited which had themselves been formed from the companies which were first able to commercialise oil finds in trinidad in the early twentieth century . petrotrin operates in land and marine acreage across southern trinidad . in some instances the company has engaged in joint ventures lease operatorships farmouts and incremental production services contracts to support its exploration and production activities . in 2004 petrotrin was granted an automatic stake in all exploration and production arrangements with foreign companies in trinidad and tobago . today petrotrin operates trinidad and tobago s single petroleum refinery located at pointe pierre just north of san fernando in south trinidad . some crude is imported to meet the needs of the refinery which produces liquid petroleum gases unleaded motor gasoline avjet kerosene diesel heating oil fuel oil and aviation gasoline among other products . petrotrin is currently engaged in its second refinery upgrade to improve the quality of refined products exported to regional and international markets . petrotrin currently produces 48 047 barrels per day 7 638.9 m3 d and has proven reserves totaling 439 585 million barrels 6.98884 1010 m3 . the refinery has a capacity of 190 thousand barrels per day 30 000 m3 d and it is the only refinery in the world that operates alongside a wildlife park 4 see also edit oil refineries references edit governance . petrotrin.com . retrieved 2016 10 04 . time to build up not breakdown petrotrin . government of the republic of trinidad and tobago . retrieved 22 january 2016 . our company . petrotrin . retrieved 22 january 2016 . is currently known for being the first oil refinery that operates alongside a nature park external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title petrotrin & oldid 742540321 categories oil and gas companies of trinidad and tobagotexacoenergy companies established in 1993non renewable resource companies established in 19931993 establishments in trinidad and tobagohidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2009all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 09 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view