The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) took approximately five working days to complete its review of the over 6000-page revised environmental impact assessment report for ExxonMobil’s recently licensed Yellowtail development project.
The disclosure comes in wake of the swift granting of the production licence for the project by government on April 1, 2022, two days after the environmental permit was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The speed of the process will likely reinforce fears here that the government and ExxonMobil are moving to extract oil at a breakneck pace, without paying any heed to environmental concerns that persist.