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                         Hans van Gaalen, commercial director for Van   combined-cycle TPP rather than supervising
                         Oord, expressed similar sentiments. “Van Oord   the work directly. Members of the govern-
                         is honoured to have been selected for the Guy-  ment believe that this approach is necessary, he
                         ana Gas-to-Energy project in co-operation with   explained, because Guyana has not yet devel-
                         Subsea 7,” he said. “Developing the coastal infra-  oped the capability in-country to ensure that
                         structure for the project will allow our Subsea   the project is implemented properly.
                         7 and Van Oord consortium to positively con-  “We will go to tender in a matter of weeks for
                         tribute to the development of Guyana’s electric-  an international project management group that
                         ity supply, which in turn will reduce Guyana’s   will manage the contract on our behalf to see
                         dependence on imported fuels.”       that the quality is maintained and that it comes
                                                              in on budget and on time, because we don’t have
                         Subsea risers and pipelines          that capability even at GPL [Guyana Power and
                         The second contract went to Technip FMC   Light],” he said, referring to the national power
                         (France/US), and it too concerns the pipeline.  provider.
                           On August 1, the company said in a state-  Jagdeo said in mid-June that Georgetown
                         ment that it had struck a separate deal with   had sent a request for proposals (RFP) for the
                         EEPGL on engineering, procurement, con-  project management contract to nine pre-qual-
                         struction and installation (EPCI) services for   ified construction companies. He did not
                         subsea risers and pipelines. These services will   name any of the nine but said the government
                         cover work on a system that pumps associated   expected to receive responses to the RFP by the
                         gas from the Liza Destiny and the Liza Unity,   end of July.               ExxonMobil is
                         the floating production, storage and off-loading   The vice president also said later in June that   building the GTE
                         (FPSO) vessels installed at the Liza-1 and Liza-2   the project manager would oversee construction
                         oilfields, to shore for delivery to a thermal power   of the TPP and of a natural gas liquids (NGL)   pipeline, while
                         plant (TPP) that will use it to generate electricity,   plant. There has been some debate in Guyana
                         it explained. The TPP will, in turn, supply elec-  as to whether to build the NGL plant in com-  Guyana will be
                         tric power to Guyana’s domestic market, it said.  bination with the power station or wait until
                           Like Subsea 7 and Van Oord, TechnipFMC   later, when the gas value chain becomes more  responsible for
                         did not reveal the exact value of its contract.   established in the country, but Jagdeo indicated   the onshore
                         However, it did define the project as “substan-  that the question had been settled. “[The] two
                         tial,” putting its value at $75-250mn. It also   have been combined because we believe that the   facilities
                         noted that it already had more than 85 Guyanese   synergy will save us,” Kaieteur News quoted him
                         nationals on its staff and said it expected to hire   as saying.
                         and train additional local employees in order to   Then in early July, Guyana’s Ministry of Nat-
                         carry out the new project.           ural Resources revealed that it had issued a sep-
                           Jonathan Landes, president of subsea pro-  arate RFP for consultancy services related to the
                         jects at TechnipFMC, commented: “The Gas-to-  GTE project. It said it was seeking a consultant
                         Energy project is another example of how we are   that could assist the government, via the GTE
                         helping deliver the energy the world needs, and   task force, in supervising the development of
                         we are thrilled to be supporting another project   the TPP and NGL plant. The contract will cover
                         in Guyana. We remain proud of our dedicated   design review, construction, supervision and
                         Guyanese employees and are committed to the   general project management services related
                         continued development and expansion of local   to development of the two integrated plants,
                         capabilities.”                       as well as contract administration during pro-
                                                              ject implementation and thereafter during the
                         Project management                   defects liability period, it stated. Project imple-
                         In the meantime, Guyana’s government is also   mentation will take place over a period of about
                         seeking a project manager and related consult-  42 months from the date of signing, while the
                         ing services for its part of the GTE initiative.   defects liability period is likely to last about 12
                         (EEPGL will be responsible for building the   months, it said.
                         pipeline, while the government will be respon-  As of press time, it was not known if the gov-
                         sible for onshore facilities, including but not lim-  ernment had received responses to these RFPs.
                         ited to the gas-fired TPP.)          Even so, Georgetown appears to be making
                           Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo had said in   good progress on the GTE project and should
                         mid-June that Georgetown would appoint a pro-  be in a position to make the FID by the end of
                         ject manager for construction of the 300-MW   the year as scheduled. ™













                              The pipeline will carry associated gas from the Liza Destiny (above) and the Liza Unity FPSOs (ExxonMobil)



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