GEORGETOWN, May 25 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil has applied to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorization to develop the Haimara gas-condensate discovery in the offshore Stabroek block, the agency said on Sunday. The project would be the consortium’s ninth development in the block.
• The project’s scope includes well drilling and completion, installation of subsea equipment and flowlines, and the commissioning of a newly built floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
• The EPA determined the project requires a full environmental impact assessment before a decision can be made.
• The agency cited potential significant, long-term environmental and socioeconomic impacts given the scale and duration of the proposed activity.
(Reporting by Kemol King, Writing by Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )
