Guyana Potential oil sites identified

THE Ministry of Public Infrastructure has completed a screening evaluation of sites for the proposed oil and gas industry onshore support base and will be presenting its report to the Cabinet’s oil and gas sub-committee shortly.The committee, which focuses on matters concerning Guyana’s fledgling oil and gas industry, comprises of the Ministries of Natural Resources, Public Infrastructure, Business and Finance.

Several possible locations were examined along the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers, and the top two ranked sites were identified.

The ideal onshore base location will have the general characteristics: access for ocean going vessels and favourable ocean conditions; good transportation links with easy road access to Georgetown, its facilities, amenities and the international airports at Timehri and Ogle; short commuting time to urban centres for workers; short sailing transit times to offshore fields; flat topography to minimise construction costs; large vacant areas to allow future unrestricted expansion; and availability of power, water, waste disposal and ICT infrastructure.