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EPA Selects PCCA as Clean Ports Program Grant Recipient

(PCCA, 29.Oct.2024) — The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) has been selected to receive $105mn through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Ports Program to deploy zero-emissions equipment as a major step in reducing criteria air pollutants – those regulated by EPA because of health and environmental […]

Monitoring of Offshore Produced Formation Water Releases

(EPA, 15.Jul.2024) — Produced Formation Water (PFW), sometimes called Produced Water (PW) is water trapped in underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas extraction. This water has been in contact with the hydrocarbon-bearing formation and as a result, contains some of the chemical characteristics of […]

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bp Commends EPA for Advancing Methane Rules

(bp, 11.Nov.2022) — bp commends the EPA for advancing new rules aimed at reducing methane emissions. This is a critical step toward helping the US reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. Regulating methane will help prevent leaks throughout the industry and protect the environment. That’s why bp supports the […]

Guyanese Voice Fears Over True Cost of Exxon’s Oil Bonanza

(The Guardian, 12.May.2022) — Annette Arjoon is not anti-oil. The marine conservationist calls the vast new oilfields off Guyana’s coast a “blessing” that will earn billions of dollars for one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean, even as she recognises that pulling yet more fossil fuel from the ground will […]

Using Homegrown Biofuels to Address Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump

(The White House, 12.Apr.2022) — The President is committed to doing everything he can to address the pain Americans are feeling at the pump as a result of Putin’s Price Hike. The Administration’s strategy to spur the development of homegrown biofuels is critical to expanding Americans’ options for affordable fuel […]

ExxonMobil Submits Application For Yellowtail Development Project

(Kaieteur News, 7.May.2021) — ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undertake its fourth oil project, the Yellowtail Development Project, within the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. According to the EPA, the proposed project will be implemented in […]

Guyana Lists Flaring Production License Details

(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Oct.2020) — Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources released flaring highlights related to the country’s petroleum production licenses. __________ By Ian Silverman. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.

Payara Approval Will Not Be Rushed: Bharrat Says

(Kaieteur News, 14.Aug.2020) — Even though the PPP/C government may be desirous of granting the approval for ExxonMobil’s third development project within a reasonable timeframe, it will not be rushing the review of the Payara Field Development Plan so as to compromise the integrity of the process. Making this statement […]

ExxonMobil Restores Guyana Oil Production

(Argus, 18.Jun.2020) — ExxonMobil has restored crude production offshore Guyana to 80,000 b/d after correcting a technical glitch, according to the head of the country’s environmental agency EPA Vincent Adams. A problem with compression equipment had slashed output at the Liza field by 65pc to 27,500 b/d last week, compared […]

Exxon Oil Output Falls On Gas Compressor Problem

(Stabroek News, 7.Jun.2020) — Production at Exxon-Mobil’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, has plummeted from 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to now between 25,000 and 30,000 bpd as compressor problems continue and the company would not increase flaring above about 15 million cubic feet of natural gas […]