Air Services Limited’s (ASL) wharf and bond facility at Soesdyke will be used for storage of tools and equipment for the oil and gas sector and will not house waste or toxic chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director Dr Vincent Adams has said.
“It is for tools and equipment for oil and gas,” Adams told Stabroek News via telephone on Tuesday.
Last week Sunday, the EPA published the names of 11 companies that have submitted applications for environmental authorisation, which included firms seeking to establish wharf and bond services and oil field completions sale and services.
The advertisement said that in accordance with Section 11(2) of the Environmental Protection Act, the applications for the projects were screened by the agency to assess the potential environmental impacts and it was determined that they will not significantly affect the environment.
However, Adams had told Stabroek News that other checks were still being made on the types of operations proposed.
He said on Tuesday that ASL’s construction and operation of a wharf and bond, which will be located at Block V, Soesdyke, is to store equipment for oil and gas operations and there “wasn’t anything controversial” about the project.
Among the others listed in the EPA notice were Darryl Eisler, Completions and Wellbore Intervention – Baker Hughes (Trinidad) Limited – Guyana Branch of Lot 51 Eccles Industrial Estate, for oil field completions sale and services and a 3D seismic survey on the Corentyne Petroleum Prospecting Licence for CGX Resources Inc.
The ad said that if anyone feels they may be affected by any of the projects, they should lodge an appeal within 30 days of the publication of the notice.
Details on the submission of appeals can be obtained from the agency’s website at www.epaguyana.org.
