The Government of Guyana has extended the proposal submission deadlines for two gas-linked projects planned for Wales, West Bank Demerara. This move comes as it advances efforts to extract greater value from natural gas at ExxonMobil-operated offshore fields.
The extensions apply to a proposed gas bottling and logistics company and a planned ammonia and urea plant, both linked to the Wales Gas-to-Energy project. The government is pursuing the projects under public-private-partnership models.
According to notices, the deadline for submissions for the gas bottling and logistics company has been pushed to Thursday, February 19, 2026, while proposals for the ammonia and urea plant are now due by March 5, 2026. They had originally both been due in January.
The ammonia and urea project, estimated to cost about US$300 million, is expected to use up to 20 million cubic feet of gas per day from the second phase of the Wales Gas-to-Energy project. The facility is projected to produce roughly 300,000 tonnes of fertilizer annually and is targeted for start-up by 2028, in line with the planned completion of phase two. The output is intended for domestic use and export to regional markets, including northern Brazil and the Caribbean.
Separately, the gas bottling and logistics project aims to reduce domestic cooking gas prices by facilitating local bottling, transportation, and distribution. Annual domestic demand is estimated at about three million 20-pound cylinders, with a retail value of approximately GY$14 billion per year.
Both projects will receive lean gas from Guyana Power and Gas Inc., a fully government-owned company, and are planned for sites east of the combined-cycle power plant and natural gas liquids facility currently under construction at Wales.
The initiatives form part of the broader Government of Guyana strategy to expand downstream gas utilization alongside the Wales Gas-to-Energy project, which is anchored by a completed offshore-to-onshore pipeline and a 300-megawatt power plant now under construction.
