T&T: 18 firms bid for gas exploration

Eighteen companies have bid to explore for gas in 10 offshore blocks in Trinidad and Tobago and the winners will be announced at the end of the month, an official from Trinidad's National Gas Company said on Monday.

"It was the most successful bidding round we have seen," David Small, director of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference.

The names of the winners will be made public on March 31, he said.