An addendum to the Liza-1 Production Licence, which was never made public, was signed last year by former President David Granger and paved the way for environmental upgrades for the Liza-2 project and subsequent major improvements to the recently approved Payara licence.
An analysis was done by the Sunday Stabroek of the Liza-1 well Licence, the Addendum to cater for the Liza-2 well, the Payara Licence – both the draft proposal and final Payara Production Licence – and the three respective environmental permits.
(While there is reference to the measures covered in the three environmental permits in this article, as most formed guidelines for the licences, a separate analysis of those permits will be done.)