
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago invites stakeholders’ participation in its Deep Water Competitive Bidding Round 2025. This bidding round contains twenty-six (26) offshore blocks, namely, Block 24, Block 26, TTDAA 1, TTDAA 10, TTDAA 11, TTDAA 12, TTDAA 13, TTDAA 15, TTDAA 16, TTDAA 2, TTDAA 24, TTDAA 25, TTDAA 26, TTDAA 27, TTDAA 28, TTDAA 29, TTDAA 3, TTDAA 30, TTDAA 31, TTDAA 32, TTDAA 4, TTDAA 5, TTDAA 6, TTDAA 7, TTDAA 8 and TTDAA 9. These blocks are located along the eastern and northern coasts of Trinidad and Tobago.
Deep Water Competitive Bidding Round Map 2025
The Deep-Water Competitive Bidding Round was opened on January 27th, 2025 with the deadline for submission of bids being 12 noon on July 2nd, 2025. Successful bids will be announced three (3) months following the close of bidding.
Competitive Bidding Order (CBO)
The Petroleum Regulations (Deep Water Competitive Bidding) Order, 2025 outlines the requirements of bid submission, maps and descriptions of the blocks, the summary bid form, and the evaluation method for bid submissions.
Model Production Sharing Contract (PSC)
These deep water blocks will be governed by Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) agreements. The 2025 Model PSC – to be positively vetted by the Attorney General ensures that operations are carried out to international standards and that all parties receive a fair share of revenue generated by the extraction and disposal of crude oil and natural gas. The Model PSC has been updated to reflect recent regulatory and economic changes and will be available in the coming weeks.
Data Package
A pre-bid fee of US$ 25,000 allows interested parties to participate in this 2025 Deep Water Competitive Bidding Round. Payment of this fee entitles parties to a data package which provides information on the twenty-six (26) blocks on offer to assist in acreage evaluation as detailed in the Data Package Listing. The data package also contains the Local Content and Local Participation Framework for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago dated 7th October 2004, and the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan.
Guidelines for obtaining a data package are outlined in the Procedure for Obtaining a Data Package. You are required to fill out the Data Package Request Form and send via e-mail to:
Keon Dube
Senior Geophysicist (Ag.)
kdube@energy.gov.tt
(868) 225-4334 ext. 2371
Upon receipt of the completed form, the MEEI will contact you to provide further instructions for the execution of a Data Use Agreement to obtain access to the Data Package.
Virtual Data Room
The Ministry, in collaboration with Lynx Information Systems Inc. (Lynx), has launched a Virtual Data Room (VDR) to provide view-only access to technical data for the Bidding Round. The VDR is accessible at https://ttdeepwaterbid2025.com/.
While the downloadable data package remains the primary resource for detailed block evaluation—allowing for full interpretation and analysis—the VDR allows users to preview our datasets and perform quality control checks when loading the data onto their workstations.
Contact Us At:
Email: bidround@energy.gov.tt
Or
Kimberlee London
Senior Geologist
klondon@energy.gov.tt
(868) 225-4334 ext. 2360
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