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Trinidad and Tobago: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Trinidad and Tobago is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
1
0 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
2.1 GW
6 plants
Clean share of electricity
0%
Ember, 2024

Mines and deposits

Bauxite and aluminium1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
(Facility) Trinidad Aluminum Smelter ProjectBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Gas1.9 GW
Oil271 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Point LisasGas852 MWPower Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Union Estate Power StationGas720 MWTrinidad Generation Unlimited
Port of SpainOil260 MWPower Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago
PenalGas236 MWPower Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Cove Power StationGas66 MWTrinidad and Tobago Energy Company
ScarboroughOil11 MWPower Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
2.7%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
5.1%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
32.6%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
0.7%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.