Latest update September 11th, 2026 10:26 AM
Wales gas project pushed back again
… Govt. now targets end of 2026 completion
(Kaieteur News) – The long-awaited Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project is now expected to come onstream by the last quarter of 2026, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has said, pushing the timeline further back from earlier projections of mid-2026.
“We’re hoping by the last quarter in 2026 the gas energy project will be in a position to deliver but that too is a problem if the transmission and distribution is not completed…” President Ali said during an interview with five female journalists on Tuesday.
An artist impression of the GTE project.
The president’s comments come weeks after Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat disclosed that government was engaging the contractor on a revised timeframe for completion of the project in 2026, following a series of delays.
Minister Bharrat said the administration was dissatisfied with the setbacks but noted that outstanding issues with the contractor had been resolved and that additional work hours were being added to accelerate progress.
President Irfaan Ali
Government officials had previously indicated that the project was expected to be completed by mid-2026. The GTE project, located at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara, comprises a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility and a 300-megawatt (MW) power plant, which government has said is expected to cut consumers’ electricity bills by 50 percent. The project involves transporting natural gas from the offshore Stabroek Block’s Liza field via a 12-inch pipeline to the Wales site, where 50 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) is to be converted into electricity.
Back in 2022, government hired CH4 (Texas) and Lindsayca (Puerto Rico) for the construction of the power plant and NGL facility at a cost of US$759 million. However, the companies have split-up and Lindsayca is completing the project.
The GTE project has faced significant delays due to ground instability. Chairman of Lindsayca, Nelson Drake, had revealed that a staggering US$100 million was spent to stabilise the unstable soil at the project site, a challenge that set the massive undertaking back by 14 months. He had outlined that the project’s timeline was severely impacted by unexpected ground liquefaction at the West Bank Demerara site.
Ahead of the completion of the Wales GTE project, the government awarded a US$422 million contract for the extension of transmission lines for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). The transmission lines are being constructed along the eastern corridor of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).
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