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After Kaieteur News’ expose, Lindsayca says 80 professionals working night shift at Wales gas project
Construction activities ongoing during the night shift (PC: Lindsayca Guyana)
(Kaieteur News) – Lindsayca Guyana, the firm hired to complete two key gas plants at Wales, West Bank Demerara on Saturday said 80 professionals are supporting the night shift operations.
The disclosure by the company comes on the heels of an independent investigation by Kaieteur News which found that although the Office of the Prime Minister said that 24-hour work was ongoing at the site, all activities came to a screeching halt by 6:00pm.
On Tuesday evening our team deployed drones over the project site during nighttime hours, just moments after the statement came from government. Instead of a bustling, illuminated operation executing a “triple shift,” the aerial footage showed a dead stop. The site was dark and completely inactive, flatly contradicting the government’s narrative of a relentless, 24/7 construction effort (See video: https://youtu.be/G_6QJWvmaS
While Lindsayca did not issue a direct response to the article by this newspaper, the company in a video on its facebook page said, “At the Gas to Energy Project, Wales site, work continues across multiple areas, including night shift activities focused on fabrication and foundations.”
It added that reinforcing steel fabrication, formwork installation, mass concrete placements, and backfilling are part of the ongoing work supporting the project. The GTE project was initially slated for completion by the end of December 2024. It was delayed to 2025 but is now scheduled to come online by the end of 2026.
This newspaper was told the project will not meet its year-end deadline and is more likely come online by mid-2027. Industry experts are calling on the administration to provide a realistic, unembellished timeline for when the country will finally enjoy a 50% reduction on their electricity bills and reap the full economic benefits of its gas reserves.
Delays will continue costing this country at least $126M monthly for the rental of two power ships to supplement the national grid. Not only that, but the contractor can also seek additional funds to meet expenses related to the project which government will be forced to supply to deliver lower cost electricity to the country as promised.
The cost of these ongoing delays is not merely logistical; it represents a massive loss of potential revenue for the nation. A recent report in The Economist (April 5, 2026) highlighted the current windfall Guyana is experiencing from surging global oil prices. Sadly, this financial boom entirely misses out on NGL production.
While prices for light liquids and cooking gas continue to increase across the region, Guyana remains sidelined. If the NGL facility were operational and on schedule, the country could currently be exporting these highly valued commodities to a hungry market. Instead, due to the project’s stalled progress and the aforementioned equipment concerns, Guyana is missing a critical window, leaving significant realized value on the table.
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Night only happens when concrete is pouring for foundations.
ALL’S NOT QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ANYMORE…!
THE WEST DEMERARA AREA- HAS NIGHT ACTIVITY.