Trinidad Tobago is diversified, based to a large extent on oil, natural gas, industry and agriculture. It is one of the leading gas-based export centres in the world, being the leading exporter of ammonia and methanol and among the top five exporters of liquefied natural gas. This has allowed Trinidad to capitalise on the biggest mineral reserves within its territories. It is an oil-rich country and stable economically. The Venezuela Tertiary Basin is a subsidence basin formed between the Caribbean and South American plates, and is bounded on the north by the coast ranges of Venezuela and the Northern Range of
Philip John Miles his wife Sarah Berrow. His elder brother William died in 1790, and he inherited from his financier father in 1803. Miles was a partner in Miles Bank of Bristol, and later Miles, Harford & Co, which eventually became part of NatWest. He had Leigh Court at Abbots Leigh rebuilt, 1814–8. He sat three times as a Member of Parliament, for from 1826, for from 1829, and for from 1835. Under the Slave Compensation Act 1837 he received money from properties in Jamaica and Trinidad. Miles died on 24 March 1845. Miles married: From the first marriage there was one son