Fielding a series of questions from curious West Bank of Demerara residents on the US$900 million Wales gas-to-shore project, ExxonMobil representative Friedrich Krispin on Thursday disclosed that only a small portion of mangroves will be removed to facilitate the transportation of materials during the construction phase.
“When we come onshore at Crane, we will try to avoid the mangroves because we will be burying the pipes but whatever impact it may have on the mangroves, it will be included in the EIA [Environment Impact Assessment],” Krispin said as he responded to a question on the deforestation impacts of the project by Sukanand (only name given) at a public scoping meeting held at the Patentia Primary School.
