ExxonMobil Guyana has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorization for the Haimara project, its proposed ninth development in the Stabroek Block.
The project is expected to anchor a gas-focused development in the southeast section of the block, where ExxonMobil has made discoveries including Haimara and Pluma.
Public scoping meetings will be held from June 1 to June 18, 2026, as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process. The meetings will give members of the public an opportunity to ask questions or submit statements for the EPA’s consideration.
Written submissions can also be sent to the EPA before Sunday, June 21, 2026.
The first scoping meeting is scheduled for June 1 at Flavio’s Hall in Santa Rosa, Region One, from 10 a.m. to noon. A second Region One meeting will be held on June 3 at the Regional Democratic Council Boardroom in Mabaruma.
Region Four meetings are set for June 4 at Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance NDC, Lusignan Community Centre Ground; June 10 at New Diamond Grove Primary School; and June 11 at Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. Each meeting will run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Two Region Five meetings are scheduled for June 8. The first will be held at the Mahaicony Technical and Vocational Training Center from 10 a.m. to noon. The second will be held at the Regional Democratic Council Boardroom in Fort Wellington from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Additional meetings are planned for June 15 at the Town Hall in Anna Regina, Region Two; June 17 at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Training Centre Hostel in Port Mourant, Region Six; and June 18 at the Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Center in Region Three.
ExxonMobil Guyana President Alistair Routledge recently explained that the development concept for the area groups discoveries from Longtail through Haimara into a single gas-focused area.
The Haimara timeline is about one year behind Longtail. Routledge said discoveries outside the Longtail scope, including Pluma, are expected to be tied back to a Haimara-based facility. The current concept includes a floating production facility near Haimara, supported by subsea tiebacks to surrounding resources.
Haimara was ExxonMobil’s 12th discovery offshore Guyana. The Haimara-1 well encountered approximately 207 feet of gas condensate-bearing sandstone. It was drilled to 18,289 feet in 4,590 feet of water.
The Guyana government has been pressing for the development of gas resources near the Suriname border, including Haimara and Pluma, as it looks to expand domestic gas use.
ExxonMobil is assessing the option of piping gas from the area to Berbice. President Irfaan Ali has said Berbice must become a new industrial growth pole.
Guyana is also advancing the Gas-to-Energy project at Wales, which will use gas from the Liza field. A second phase is expected to use gas from the Hammerhead development.
