Government ministers on Friday told West Demerara residents that the environmental authorisation for proposed ExxonMobil Guyana gas pipeline, which will run from the Stabroek Block to the Wales, West Bank Deme-rara, would be issued within two weeks.
During a meeting with residents whose properties will fall directly in the line of the gas pipeline, Attor-ney General Anil Nandlall was asked whether the government and ExxonMobil are going ahead with the project in the absence of approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
His response, based on information relayed by Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, caused some concerns. Nandlall told the residents that the EPA will issue its approval of the project within “two weeks’ time”.
