Anticipating that it would be down to pilot level flaring by the end of this month as a faulty gas compressor has been repaired and has left Germany for Guyana, ExxonMobil yesterday said that it was frustrated and disappointed that it had to flare almost 13 billion cubic feet (cu ft) of associated gas since startup here.
Acknowledging the environmental need to reduce flaring, the company informed that the teams selected to be sent offshore to install the machines are already in the requisite COVID-19 quarantine. They will soon complete the mandatory two weeks in isolation, in anticipation of their immediate transport to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform.
“Thank you to the people of Guyana for their patience in what we are dealing with. This is not how we expected to operate… and this has been frustrating. We continue to work 24/7 to have an environmentally sound project,” Country Manager of ExxonMobil Alistair Routledge yesterday told a press conference.