page_title: La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago
section_title: Industry and economy
hierarchical_section_title: La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago / Industry and economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Facilities of LABIDCO, La Brea, Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago. La Brea Industrial Development Company, state-owned company (shares held by NGC and Petrotrin), operates this deep-water harbour at La Brea, among other fecailities. Photo taken as part of the Southern Trinidad Aerial Photo Project, a small project sponsored by WMDE. Drone used: DJI Phantom 4. Snapshot taken from video footage via VLC.
context_page_description: La Brea is a town in southwestern Trinidad, located northeast of Point Fortin and southwest of San Fernando. La Brea.
  is best known as the site of the Pitch Lake, a natural asphalt lake. Pronunciation of "La Brea" differs from that used in the USA at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Trinidadians call this place "La Bray."
context_section_description: In La Brea the main and largest industry is the Lake Asphalt Company. Small-scale farming and fishing are other sources of income. However, many residents work outside the community either in the neighboring towns of Point Fortin and San Fernando or even further. Proposals for the construction of a smelter plant in the area have been the subject of protests due to the harmful effects such an industry may pose for residents.
  Like much of southwestern Trinidad, La Brea has declined since the end of the oil boom in the early 1980s. The closure of the Trintoc (now Petrotrin) camp at Brighton was a major blow to the economy of the town. Attempts were made to lure heavy industry to the Labidco (La Brea Industrial Development Company) Industrial Estate in the early 1990s, but the geological instability of the area made the area unsuitable. More recent attempts to attract medium and light industry have been more successful.
  In particular, the La Brea Industrial Estate, and its accompanying natural deep-water harbour at Brighton, were developed by NGC (National Gas Company)/NEC as an alternative industrial site to Point Lisas. At present, La Brea offers dock and deep draught harbour facilities, site and utilities for land-based industries, bioremediation and offshore logistical support.
caption: LABIDCO facilities and harbour
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