BARBADOS has agreed to participate in the Eastern Caribbean gas pipeline project and purchase natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago for electricity generation. An official announcement is expected to be made in Bridgetown in the coming weeks, although the agreement was confirmed by the project co-ordinator of the Eastern Gas Pipeline Co, Greg Rich, who said that Barbados would initially purchase between 20 to 25m cuft/d of gas, which he expected to double to 50m cuft/d as the island increases its electricity demand. Mr Rich said: “Initially the amount of gas we will be selling to Barbados is rather small but with time we believe that would double.” This would follow the Barbadian electricity company changing its power generation from diesel to the cleaner-burning natural gas.