Category: Gas to Shore
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PPP still to secure funds for notorious US$2B Gas-to-Energy project, one year before 2024 goal
Kaieteur News – The People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) government has engaged in a lot of fanfare about the notorious Gas-to-Energy project, which it says will cut the cost of power for Guyanese households in half. But despite all that has been said, the project is yet to achieve takeoff. It is clear that the project...
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No time frame for parliamentary disclosure of gas-to-energy documents
Last Updated on Thursday, 2 February 2023, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol Despite repeated efforts by the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for a specific date by which government would release the final investment plan and other documents about the gas-to-energy project to parliamentarians, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Thursday...
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GY$43.3 billion allocated for natural gas power plant, natural gas liquids plant, transmission lines
Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2023, 18:45 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government intends to spend GY$43.3 billion on the construction of the gas to energy power plant, natural gas liquids plant and the transmission lines, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said Monday. During consideration of the estimates of the 2023 National Budget, Mr Phillips,...
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IDB lists clean energy as priority area this year
– says Caribbean people “deserve better jobs, safer streets, quality healthcare” Kaieteur News – New President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn said that he sees Latin America and the Caribbean as contributing to help solve some of the biggest global challenges, including food insecurity and the need for clean energy. During his inaugural...
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Guyana signs contract with India to supervise Wales NGL and power plant
Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Thursday witnessed the signing of a contract between the Guyana Power and Gas Inc. and Engineers India Limited (EIL) for the provision of Consultancy Services for the Wales Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility as well as the 300 megawatt (MW) power plant. These two facilities are components of...
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Gas-to-Energy Project will likely destroy Guyana’s water supply – Geologist
…country at risk of cancer By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The location identified by the Government of Guyana for the country’s gas-to-energy project is unsuitable and will likely pose great danger to the country’s main groundwater aquifer. An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials. Groundwater from...
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Govt. to spend another $91M for works at Wales & Ogle fire stations
Kaieteur News – With the ongoing construction of the $69 million Wales Fire Station and the $76 million Ogle Fire Station, the Ministry of Home Affairs is looking to spend another $91 million on infrastructural works at these two new facilities. During the recent opening of tenders, it was revealed that the infrastructural works at...
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Gas producers using Cop27 to rebrand gas as transitional fuel, experts warn
Companies and financial backers are laying the groundwork for a shift in attitudes towards gas Gas producers and their financial backers see Cop27 as an opportunity for discussions about rebranding natural gas as a transition fuel rather than a fossil fuel, experts have said. The push is coming from the host Egypt and its gas-producing...
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General Environmental Impacts of Subsea Pipelines
In our fossil fuel dependent community oil and gas transportation via subsea pipelines is an important link in the chain of the petroleum industry. Although for some, a construction of offshore pipelines is an opportunity to safely and cheaply deliver oil and gas to a customer, for the others, the pipeline construction is a potential...
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