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For its part, the national oil company (NOC) government revenues by charging taxes on car-
Ecopetrol said on the same day that production bon emissions, LPG, basic services and income.
operations were continuing normally at the Duque abandoned these initiatives earlier this
fields that account for most of its output. month, but the unrest has spread and the gov-
Colombia has been gripped by protests since ernment’s efforts to negotiate a settlement with
late April, when the administration of Presi- the National Strike Committee have not borne
dent Ivan Duque announced plans to increase fruit. ™

GUYANA
ExxonMobil to restart gas compressor

on Liza Destiny FPSO next month

EXXONMOBIL Guyana is reportedly on track currently yielding 100,000-110,000 barrels per
to re-install and restart the flash gas compressor day (bpd) of crude oil and is flaring off less than
(FGC) system on the Liza Destiny, the floating 15mn cubic feet (424,800 cubic metres) per day
production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) ves- of associated gas, she noted.
sel that it is using to develop the offshore Liza-1
oilfield, by the end of June. Revised environmental permit
The company, which is a subsidiary of the She was speaking shortly after Guyana’s Envi-
US-based super-major ExxonMobil, said on ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed
May 14 that its contractor MAN Energy Solu- that it had recalled and modified the company’s
tions (Germany) was currently repairing and environmental permit for work at Liza-1 fol-
upgrading the FGC’s third-stage discharge lowing talks with company representatives on
silencer at its workshop in Houston. Meanwhile, technical and legal matters related to associated
it said, MAN is also shipping a re-designed gas flaring.
third-stage Venturi meter to Guyana for instal- In a notice issued last week, the agency said
lation on the FPSO. that it had issued a new version of the permit
ExxonMobil Guyana also stated that it was that imposes stricter limits on flaring. The docu-
determined to resolve the Liza Destiny’s equip- ment now stipulates that the company must pay
ment problems as quickly as possible and would a fine of $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide equiv-
continue to update the Guyanese government alent in the event that it burns off gas in larger
on the progress of work. In the meantime, Janelle quantities than previously agreed within specific
Persaud, the company’s public and government amounts of time, it explained.
affairs advisor, indicated that production levels ExxonMobil Guyana has said it will continue
at Liza-1 had stabilised. to communicate with Guyanese authorities
“While repairs are ongoing, operations at the about operating conditions at Liza-1 and other
Liza Destiny continue safely,” she said. Liza-1 is fields within the Stabroek block.

ExxonMobil uses the Liza Destiny FPSO to develop Liza-1 (Image: ExxonMobil)

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