While ExxonMobil will have its own monitoring facility at its Ogle, East Coast Demerara headquarters, the government has underscored the importance of independent real-time monitoring (RTM) of this country’s oil and gas resources and will ensure simultaneous oversight through an independent company.
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat told the Stabroek News that Guyana will be implementing independent observation and analysis processes, similar to that being carried out in Ghana and other countries, for both crude oil production, and gas supplied to the Wales gas-to-shore plant on the West Bank Demerara. “This is the objective for future monitoring. We are working to strengthen all the regulatory frameworks to include monitoring,” he said, while noting that strengthening the Environmental Protection Agency’s capacity is also being actively pursued.
