TTEITI Mourns Passing of Energy Minister Franklin Khan
PORT-OF-SPAIN, April 19, 2021 — The Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) mourns the passing of Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Franklin Khan and extends condolences to his family, friends, and close colleagues.
Minister Khan was a towering figure in politics and energy in Trinidad and Tobago and always championed the EITI and transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sectors.
The TTEITI will remember him for his long-standing support of the EITI Standard, which is the global standard used in some 53 member countries for the good governance of oil, gas and mineral resources.
“Minister Khan, as a geologist, was very knowledgeable about the energy sector, and his knowledge and experience helped him during these particularly difficult times for the sector,” said TTEITI Chairman Gregory McGuire. “He had to navigate a period of unprecedented crisis in the sector including sale of the refinery, increasing upstream gas prices and gas supply shortfalls, plant closures at Point Lisas, and the decline in oil, petrochemicals and LNG prices.”
Head of TTEITI Secretariat Sherwin Long also thanked Minister Khan for his “tireless devotion to the energy sector,” saying the Minister had “remained committed to transparency reforms in the extractive sectors to the very end.”
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For further information on this statement or to arrange an interview, please email the TTEITI’s communications team at info@tteiti.com or call (868) 225 4334 ext. 2513.
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