Exxonmobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has every intention of bringing a state-of-the-art fibre optic cable system to shore and hopes to kickstart the project by year-end.
This was noted in the company’s project summary report which was recently submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to the report, EEPGL’s submarine fiber optic cable will connect the company’s offshore facilities to onshore network services.
Guyana Standard understands that this connection will establish a foundation for high-speed / low-latency connectivity of onshore and offshore facilities as they become operational. Furthermore, the link is expected to connect existing EEPGL onshore and offshore facilities to Guyana’s foundation infrastructure, allowing implementation of digital technology to improve productivity (field access data and planning), support remote operations, and support reliability (process monitoring and inspection).
This news agency also understands that EEPGL proposes to begin some of the construction works by the fourth quarter of 2020 and complete same by the third quarter of 2021. After this, the company expects to commence works for connection to the Liza Phase Two offshore development in 2022 and a planned connection to the Payara offshore development in 2023 pending required approvals. It was noted that a “diverse-routed” subsea cable will be installed in a loop configuration during a single installation event between the offshore Stabroek block and onshore facilities.
The cable system will have connections hooked up at units close to the Pegasus hotel and the Ogle service station. The project is expected to last for 35 years.
