per week from the project site to local or Trinidadian shorebases. The developer outlined this plan in its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently. According to the 4232-page document, completed by Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Hammerhead will require the use of onshore facilities and laydown areas, such as shorebases, to store project materials such as drilling fluid and pipe joints; and for pre-fabrication and assembly of Project equipment.

The EIA explains, “Currently, EMGL plans to use existing Guyana shorebases to support the Project. Additional shorebase facilities or regional waste management services may be used in the future. All onshore support facilities used by the Project are or will be owned/operated by third parties.”

To this end, Exxon pointed out that it will require trips to or from a Guyana shorebase- or as required to or from Trinidad and Tobago shorebases- for the development and operation of the Project. It estimated that during development drilling (assuming three drill ships are supporting the project concurrently), support vessels could average approximately 10 to 15 trips per week to or from shorebases.

During installation, it noted that support and installation vessels could average approximately three to five trips per week to or from shorebases, while in the production operations, support vessels could average approximately three to five trips per week to or from shorebases.