The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) while upholding the EPA’s decisions not to have impact surveys for ExxonMobil’s planned exploration in the offshore Canje and Kaieteur blocks, has ordered the oil company to conduct an environmental study looking at cumulative impacts of offshore activities.
The decision of the EAB was rendered on Wednesday more than one month after the June 30 hearing of the appeal.
Back in March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it reviewed the company’s drilling programme for exploration and its appraisal of 12 wells in the Kaieteur Block and had concluded that there is no requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Meanwhile, a similar notice in relation to the Canje Block exploration was published back on February 14, 2022.
