STATE-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Limited has described as “fraudulent” social media reports that the company is selling shares to the public.
“Heritage is a wholly state-owned enterprise with no shares being offered for sale,” the company said in a statement, advising the public of the “fraudulent Facebook page” Heritage Petroleum Trinidad and Tobago.
“This is the second fake Heritage Petroleum Facebook page over the last week purporting to be selling company shares. On February 5, the fraudulent page was reported to Facebook and as removed within 24 hours of lodging the complaint. This page was also reported,” Heritage said.
The company is urging the public to “strongly refrain from visiting or sharing any fake portfolios and only interact with the company’s legitimate page,” adding that the fake website has been reported to the police Cybercrime Unit.
Heritage, the state-owned oil and gas company, is focused on exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil through its operations based on land and offshore.
The company came into existence following the closure being incorporated as a holding company with Petrotrin, as one of its subsidiaries.
The exploration and production operations were restructured into Heritage, while the provision of refined fuel products has been taken over by Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd (Paria), which has been importing refined products for the domestic market and for sale throughout the region. (CMC)
