Govt. extends deadline for engineering services for NGL storage & offloading facility project

Aug 28, 2025 News

Kaieteur News – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has extended the deadline for proposals to provide engineering services for the construction of a natural gas liquids (NGLs) Storage and Offloading Facility and pipeline as part of the gas-to-energy (GTE) project.

The initial deadline for proposals was July 29. According to an amended request for proposals for the project published in Sunday’s edition of the Kaieteur News, bids are expected to be submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on September 30, 2025.

In its advertisement, OPM stated that the facility is required by the Guyana government to enhance the capacity for safe storage, efficient operation, develop marine offloading capabilities and effective distribution and marketing of NGLs, both domestically and internationally.

The office noted that the NGL storage and offloading project is planned for development within and/or near the Wales Industrial Zone, approximately 25 km inland from the mouth of the Demerara River on the West Bank, adjacent to the Phase I Power Plant currently under construction, and or on the East Bank of Demerara River at Garden of Eden.

“The Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Phase I project includes a Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) fractionation plant designed to extract C3, C4, and C5+ components. The engineering services requested under this proposal are intended to support the design of infrastructure required to receive, delivery, store, and offload NGLs sourced from the Phase I plant, as well as accommodate potential future NGL production facilities,” the document stated.

Further, “the production rate from Phase l is anticipated to be approximately 4,200 bbls per day of NGLs. The design should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate, with modifications, additional future NGLs anticipated from a Phase Il power plant delivering up to 5,900 bbls per day.”

Notably, OPM said engineering services are needed to develop a comprehensive RFP package and updated Employers’ Requirements (ER) document needed to bid and fully develop the facilities able to receive and store sufficient volume of NGLs to allow for no disruption in the Phase I/Phase Il plant and to optimise batch offloading to marine vessels.

Firms will be expected to complete the RFP package in approximately three months from the start of the contract.

“Only firms (consortia) adjudged to be experienced in engineering services of comparable facilities, will be evaluated. Firms will need to have a global presence and have a strong HSSE design culture and able to demonstrate excellent project management support and reporting of engineering and construction with financial capacity to manage large-scale projects,” the document detailed.

About GTE project

The GTE project, located at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara, includes a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility and a 300-megawatt power plant. Natural gas will be transported from the offshore Stabroek Blocks Liza oilfield via a 12-inch pipeline to the site, where 50 million cubic feet of gas will be converted to electricity daily. The project is being executed by a joint venture between CH4 (Texas) and Lindsayca (Puerto Rico). The companies, hired in 2022, are constructing the plant and NGL facility at a cost of US$759 million.

The GTE project was initially slated for completion by the end of 2025. However, in May, Prime Minister (Retd) Brigadier Mark Phillips stated that the project would be completed in the second quarter of 2026.

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