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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By David Bond St. Croix stands at a crucible. For 50 years, a massive oil refinery underwrote economic development on this US territory in the Caribbean before the plant closed abruptly in 2012 to avoid facing up to its environmental legacy. Today, the negative ecologies of fossil fuels —whether in a legacy of toxic pollution...

Gas to Energy Project: Let us practice our constitutional and democratic duty This “In The Diaspora” article describes how the Guyana Constitution with 2003 Amendments and the Environmental Protection Act of 1996 address the oil and gas sector, and provides recommendations for how, as Guyanese, we can use them to safeguard a healthy environment and...