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It explained that it would need a marine conces- and oceanographic conditions are favourable
sion and an environmental licence to operate the for operation of the FLNG unit at the CJAA site,
FLNG, which is slated for installation at an exist- which is about 300 km east of Caracas.
ing PdVSA facility known as the José Antonio Venezuela is not currently a producer of
Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex (CJAA). LNG. The government of Trinidad and Tobago
The company went on to say that it had has suggested that Venezuelan gas might serve
already carried out preliminary studies on the in the future as feedstock for Train 1 of Atlantic
project. These studies indicate that metocean LNG, which has been idle since 2020. ™

GUYANA
Guyana names CH4/Lindsayca alliance as

top bidder for onshore GTE contract

GUYANA’S President Irfaan Ali announced on Georgetown will start talks with the sec-
November 10 that his government had named a ond-place bidder – Power Construction Corp.
consortium established by two US companies as of China (PowerChina), a state-run Chinese
the top bidder for a contract to build the onshore firm.
components of its planned gas-to-energy (GTE) Guyana’s government has named Engineers
network. India Ltd (EIL), a construction engineering
In a recorded statement, Ali identified the company owned by India’s Ministry of Petro-
members of the consortium as CH4 Global and leum and Natural Gas, as its contractor for
Lindsayca. Georgetown will now begin nego- implementation of the future EPC agreement,
tiations with the partners on an agreement for Ali added. He did not divulge the value of
the construction of a 300-MW combined-cy- Georgetown’s deal with EIL, but he did state that
cle thermal power plant (TPP) and a natural Guyanese authorities would be seeking another
gas liquids (NGL) plant along with associated contractor to serve as operator of the onshore
infrastructure near Wales, on the west bank of facilities after the completion of construction
the Demerara River, he said. work. This search will be carried out on a com-
The president did not reveal the monetary petitive basis, he said.
value or financial terms of the offer submitted The GTE project calls for Guyana’s govern-
by the CH4/Lindsayca alliance, which beat four ment to work together with ExxonMobil (US),
other competitors. He did indicate, though, that the operator of the offshore Stabroek block, to
the government was aiming to finalise an engi- establish a system that brings associated gas
neering, procurement and construction (EPC) from offshore oilfields to land for local use. As
contract by the end of November. noted above, Georgetown will be responsible for
If this goal cannot be met, he said, the onshore portion of the system.

Rendering of GTE pipeline route (Image: ExxonMobil)

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