{"id":18668,"date":"2024-04-16T14:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18668"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:28:15","slug":"gas-to-energy-project-on-track-despite-minor-delays-jagdeo-assures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gas-to-energy-project-on-track-despite-minor-delays-jagdeo-assures\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas-to-Energy Project on Track Despite Minor Delays, Jagdeo Assures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Josiah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some delays attributed to private contractors, General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, assures Guyanese that the Gas-to-Energy project remains on schedule for its 2025 completion deadline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gas-to-Energy project, slated for completion by the end of 2025, promises significant benefits for the country, according to Dr. Jagdeo&#8217;s reassurances at a recent press conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the project comprises five major components, including laying pipelines to bring gas ashore, constructing power plants and facilities, installing transmission lines, building control centers, and upgrading distribution systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing concerns about reported delays, Dr. Jagdeo clarified that while there had been a three-month delay due to issues with site handover from GYSBI and Exxon to the contractor, the overall project timeline remains intact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the delay was shorter than initially reported and would not impact the project&#8217;s realization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Dr. Jagdeo dismissed speculations regarding the connection of offshore pipelines affecting production time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that while there might be a two-week shutdown for each FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading vessel) during pipeline connection, ExxonMobil is considering synchronizing this downtime with scheduled vessel maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo&#8217;s remarks aimed to allay concerns and provide clarity on the project&#8217;s progress and any setbacks encountered along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite minor delays, the Gas-to-Energy project continues to move forward as planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams Despite some delays attributed to private contractors, General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, assures Guyanese that the Gas-to-Energy project remains on schedule for its 2025&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18670,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18668\/revisions\/18670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}