While a permit is still to be issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ExxonMobil is forging ahead with plans for the massive gas-to-shore project and has since made a contingent award of the contract for the construction of the pipeline.
On Wednesday, the Subsea 7 and Van Oord consortium announced that it has received a “substantial” contract from ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the gas-to-shore project. Subsea 7 said that it considers a “substantial” contract to be in the vicinity of US$150–300 million.
The company said that the scope of the contract covers the project management, engineering, and installation of approximately 190 kilometres of pipeline, with an associated shallow water portion and onshore approach making landfall to the west of the Demerara River, along the coast of Guyana.