Category: Gas to Shore
Environmental approval for Exxon gas pipeline to be issued in two weeks
By Stabroek News September 25, 2022 Government ministers on Friday told West Demerara residents that the environmental authorisation for proposed ExxonMobil Guyana gas pipeline, which will run from the Stabroek Block to the Wales, West Bank Deme-rara, would be issued within two weeks. During a meeting with residents whose properties will fall directly in the...
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Region 3 landowners fume over pipeline for Gas-to-Energy project
…as Govt. proposes to buy over lands By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – About 25 land owners on Friday afternoon received a proposal from the Government of Guyana (GoG) to buy over part of their lands to facilitate the 12-inch pipeline to transport gas from the Liza Fields in the Stabroek Block to Wales, West...
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Govt. seeking advisory services, negotiation support for Gas-to-Energy project
Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has issued a Request for Proposals, seeking expert advice on the upcoming Gas-to-Energy project that could cost Guyana over US$2 billion. According to the notice published on the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) website, part of its budgetary allocation this year will be spent on the procurement of...
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ExxonMobil awards contract to lay gas-to-shore pipeline without EPA permit
Kaieteur News – The subsidiary of American oil giant, ExxonMobil, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has moved ahead with awarding the contract to lay the pipeline for the US-multibillion Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project despite no environmental permit being granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This week, EEPGL awarded the contract to lay the...
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Attorney flays Govt. over lack of regulations for gas-to-shore project
Kaieteur News – It appears as though United States oil major, ExxonMobil will be creating and adhering to its own standards in the development of the gas sector, as it has been doing with the ongoing oil operations, in the absence of sound regulations and guidelines. Attorney-at-Law, Elizabeth Deane-Hughes in a recent interview with Kaieteur...
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Gas plant explosion at Texas highlights dangers of Wales project
Kaieteur News – A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Texas USA on Wednesday last burst into flames, leaving nearby residents rattled over the possible negative impacts they can be exposed to. A screenshot of the explosion taken from a video uploaded by a resident who lives near the Texas Gas Plant No injuries were...
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Guyanese environmentalist asks Exxon official to justify need for local gas-to-shore project, but gets no response
Kaieteur News – A Guyanese environmentalist participating in the ongoing virtual consultation led by Exxon Mobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEGPL), on the proposed onshore gas-to-energy project, has asked the oil operators to justify a need for the gas project locally but got no response. Environmental professional, Simone Mangal, is among those...
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Gas-to-shore project won’t immediately produce value-added products
By Denis Chabrol The more than US$1 billion gas-to-shore project would not immediately produce ammonia and urea because the amount of available gas would be just sufficient to power the electricity generation plant that would be built at Wales, West Bank Demerara, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. ‘There is no commitment yet from Exxon...
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US$900M Gas-to-Shore project to now cost in excess of US$1.3B
Kaieteur News – – Govt. pledges US$520M for Power Plant – Budget 2022 Although the gas-to-shore project was first touted as a US$900M project inclusive of a gas pipeline, a gas fired power plant and related processing facilities, Budget 2022 has confirmed this to be untrue and has in fact now confirmed a new price...
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Safety questions raised over plans for gas to shore pipeline
By Stabroek News …gov’t accused of silence on details of project The safety of Guyana’s proposed gas-to-shore pipeline is being questioned based on available plans and critics have also taken aim at the lack of information from the government. On Saturday, the Moray House Trust held a virtual panel discussion on the pros and cons...
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