-- Shell (SHEL) plans to begin producing natural gas next year at the Loran-Manatee offshore field, which straddles Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, Reuters reported Friday, citing the chairman of Trinidad's National Gas Company, Gerald Ramdeen.
Ramdeen was quoted as saying that the state-owned enterprise has increased the capacity of the pipeline that will transport the gas to Trinidad to 1 billion cubic feet per day.
Shell did not immediately reply to' request for comment.
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