With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yet to build capacity to independently monitor oil extraction activities offshore Guyana, the agency yesterday introduced its real-time monitoring platform to track operations onboard the Liza Destiny FPSO.
The platform along with monitoring information is being provided by ExxonMobil, which is operating Liza Destiny and is being accessed by a slew of government agencies.
Head of the EPA’s Oil and Gas Department Joel Gravesande said that while the platform is still in its testing phase, the agency began real-time monitoring earlier this month. Explaining how the platform functions, he said that it provides real-time data on every aspect of operation on the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform and that includes production, gas, seawater, power generation, SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) and flare management.