Georgetown: Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and a team from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission comprising Chairman of the Board, Mr. Stanley Ming, and Commissioner, Newell Dennison, and others, on Saturday visited the site of the gas eruption at Lot 1200, Section A, Block X, Diamond, East Bank Demerara to assess the work done and engage residents in the area about their concerns.
Five adjacent properties suffered structural damage in 2018 June when the gas erupted, and to date, residents have received no compensation from the home-owner who was allegedly drilling illegally drilling a water well when the eruption took place.
The Minister was able to view first-hand the successful work done and was high in praise for the GGMC geologists and EPA and GWI technicians and engineers who wrestled and overcame the eruption that first occurred in 2018, June.
Following a clean-up exercise in 2018, the engineers then moved to a recovery phase. The large crater left from the eruption was sand-filled, capped with cement, and following this, a relief gas tank system was installed.
This system is similar to a biogas tank system. The Minister and Team undertook to do some remedial works in the area to assist affected residents and discussed options for the utilization for the gas, which include, running pipelines to homes in Diamond, for domestic use, or converting the gas to a natural gas generator for electricity supply to the National Grid.
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