-says key insurance document still to be signed
The former Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr. Vincent Adams yesterday said that if he was still head of the regulatory body he would’ve halted ExxonMobil’s oil operations until the issue with the Liza Destiny oil platform flash gas compressor was solved.
“The permit is explicit in the law that the EPA has the authority to terminate operations at any time and that is what I would’ve done because we have been bending over for Exxon,” Adams stated in response to a question from Stabroek News during a press conference by the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday.
On January 29th, Exxon issued a brief statement announcing the gas compression problem, resulting in it having to temporarily increase flaring above pilot levels in order to maintain safe operations. It has since sent the faulty compressor to Germany for repairs.