{"id":19707,"date":"2024-05-20T15:14:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19707"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:14:40","slug":"government-strengthens-epas-monitoring-capabilities-in-oil-and-gas-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-strengthens-epas-monitoring-capabilities-in-oil-and-gas-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Strengthens EPA&#8217;s Monitoring Capabilities in Oil and Gas Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Samuel Gillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhancing the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) ability to oversee operations in the oil and gas industry is a primary objective for the government, according to Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a recent press conference, Dr. Jagdeo, who also serves as the General Secretary of the PPP, underscored the administration&#8217;s commitment to improving environmental monitoring through advanced technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo highlighted the significant progress already made in this area, but stressed the need for further advancements, particularly in the integration of technology within the local oil and gas sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that the government has implemented independent thermal imaging systems to detect flaring activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This technology allows the EPA and the Ministry of Natural Resources to monitor and report real-time environmental discharges from Floating Production Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice-President elaborated on the new capabilities, stating that live feeds enable continuous monitoring, ensuring compliance with international environmental standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, this technology allows authorities to keep track of oil extraction volumes by ExxonMobil Guyana and its affiliates operating in the Stabroek Block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that despite these advancements, there is still work to be done to fully address the complexities of environmental monitoring in the rapidly expanding oil and gas sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government&#8217;s focus remains on building the EPA&#8217;s capacity to effectively manage and mitigate environmental impacts, thereby ensuring sustainable development within the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Enhancing the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) ability to oversee operations in the oil and gas industry is a primary objective for the government, according to Vice-President Dr.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19707","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=19707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19709,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19707\/revisions\/19709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}