The town was built for and is populated by employees of the company. Facilities provided for the residents include a primary school, a yacht club and a staff club equipped with a pool, tennis courts and squash courts (and in the mid-1960s an 18-hole golf course and a secondary school, of which only the golf course remains).
The oil refinery was originally built by Trinidad Leaseholds Limited (TLL) and expanded by Texaco. It was transferred to Trintoc when the government purchased the land-based assets of Texaco Trinidad Limited, and then incorporated into Petrotrin.
The town is also the home of the world-famous Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust, a wildlife reserve for waterfowl located within the secured premises of the Petrotrin oil refinery.
pointe, pierre, ɔɪ, ɪər, poynt, peer, town, trinidad, tobago, lies, north, fernando, south, claxton, most, famous, site, country, largest, only, refinery, which, used, petrotrin, state, owned, company, town, refinerycountrytrinidad, tobagoregioncouva, tabaquit. Pointe a Pierre ˌ p ɔɪ n t e ˈ p ɪer POYNT e PEER is a town in Trinidad and Tobago It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay It is most famous as the site of the country s largest and now only oil refinery which used to be run by Petrotrin the state owned oil company Pointe a PierreTownPointe a Pierre oil refineryCountryTrinidad and TobagoRegionCouva Tabaquite TalparoPopulation 2011 Total460 1 RankedTime zoneUTC 4 AST The town was built for and is populated by employees of the company Facilities provided for the residents include a primary school a yacht club and a staff club equipped with a pool tennis courts and squash courts and in the mid 1960s an 18 hole golf course and a secondary school of which only the golf course remains The oil refinery was originally built by Trinidad Leaseholds Limited TLL and expanded by Texaco It was transferred to Trintoc when the government purchased the land based assets of Texaco Trinidad Limited and then incorporated into Petrotrin The town is also the home of the world famous Pointe a Pierre Wild Fowl Trust a wildlife reserve for waterfowl located within the secured premises of the Petrotrin oil refinery Pointe a Pierre is separated from Marabella by the Guaracara River and from Gasparillo by the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway It lies on the Gulf of Paria and is an important port for the export and import of petroleum products At the southern edge of Pointe a Pierre lies Guaracara Park known for its cricket matches Notable people EditStephen Ames golfer Floella Benjamin actress and TV presenter Dale de Neef cricketer David Jenkins sprinter Trevor McDonald news presenterReferences Edit Community Register Couva Tab Tal Excel Document Trintoc Point a Pierre CSO Trinidad and Tobago CSO Trinidad and Tobago July 14 2011 Retrieved October 30 2017 permanent dead link This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pointe a Pierre news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Coordinates 10 19 N 61 28 W 10 317 N 61 467 W 10 317 61 467 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pointe a Pierre amp oldid 1144650616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
