Minister Patterson must be in Jest

Jan 04, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
It had been reported in Kaieteur News (Govt. open to look beyond Exxon on natural gas project – Patterson, Dec 29, 2017) that Guyana will have access to 30-50 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day.
“It’s far bigger than the pipeline,” Minister Patterson is purported to have declared, referring to the pipeline being proposed.
He further pointed out that the pipeline would be not only for electricity, but also for an industrial park that includes a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) plant! Surely Minister Patterson must be in jest.
Fifty thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day is a minuscule amount of gas. It is roughly 2100 cubic feet per hour. To put things in perspective, a highly efficient one megawatt (MW) power plant needs 3400 cubic feet of gas per hour. Lower efficient plants require even more gas.
Guyana installed power capacity is 226MW (2007 data) with the co-generation bagasse plant (soon to be closed) in Skeldon producing roughly 15MW of power. This amount of gas from Exxon will not be enough to contribute 0.5% of Guyana electricity needs much less for LPG export and other domestic energy needs.
Mohabir Ramjeesingh

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