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In turn, said Luis Felipe Gomez, the executive some of these shipments, appealed for calm
director of Agremgas, these trucks have been earlier this week, saying: “LPG is essential for
able to transport LPG from Aguazul to Soga- millions of homes. Our call is to open the way
moso and Villavivencio. to safe supply through the roads of Colombia.”
Gomez also acknowledged, though, that The South American state has been gripped
some of Agremgas’ 17 member organisations by protests since late April, when the govern-
had run out of LPG. Others, he told Argus, have ment of President Ivan Duque announced plans
decided against dipping into their inventories to increase government revenues by charging
out of concerns about vandalism or sabotage. taxes on carbon emissions, LPG, basic services
Meanwhile, the government has been try- and income.
ing to arrange emergency fuel shipments to Duque abandoned these initiatives earlier
the areas hardest hit by the disruptions. Energy this month, but the demonstrations have not
Minister Diego Mesa, who has co-ordinated stopped. ™

GUYANA
ExxonMobil seeks Guyanese EPA’s

permission to develop Yellowtail

GUYANA’S Environmental Protection Agency completion stages of work at Yellowtail, Exxon-
(EPA) reported last week that ExxonMobil had Mobil Guyana said in its application. The num-
formally applied for permission to develop Yel- ber will then dwindle to less than 200 during the
lowtail, one of 19 offshore oilfields discovered production stage, but workers will also be sta-
within the Stabroek block tioned at onshore facilities, it added.
The agency made an announcement to this The company intends to use helicopters and
effect after ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of support vessels throughout the project, which
the US-based super-major, identified Yellowtail will be carried out within Guyana’s offshore
as the target of its fourth development project exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according
at Stabroek. to the application. It will also utilise onshore
The EPA reported that ExxonMobil Guyana support facilities such as fabrication facilities,
intended to carry out work at the field in sev- storage and pipe yards, fuel supply facilities,
eral stages. These will include well drilling and warehouses, waste management facilities and
completion; the delivery and installation of sub- marine shore bases.
sea equipment, umbilicals, risers and flowlines ExxonMobil Guyana has informed the EPA
(SURF); the installation of another floating pro- that it expects Yellowtail to begin production
duction, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel; before the end of 2025. It anticipates the field’s
crude production and off-loading, and eventu- output levels peaking at 250,000 barrels per day
ally decommissioning. (bpd), at which point the FPSO installed at the
About 1,200 workers will be deployed field will have to off-load production into tank-
offshore during the SURF and drilling and ers every four to six days.

Yellowtail is anticipated to start production in 2025 (Image: ExxonMobil)

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