Article 13 calls on gov’t to release Yellowtail production licence

Civil society group, Article 13 yesterday called on the government to release the production licence for the Yellowtail well development and expressed consternation at the speed with which approval had come and the studies that still need to be done.

Article 13 said that the issue of the production licence to ExxonMobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) followed the granting two days earlier of an Environmental Permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).