VEHSI artificial island now connected to land via road

As the artificial island of the Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc (VEHSI) progresses, the facility is now connected by a road to the coastline.
The pace of construction is continuing on a 24-hours basis. The current shore base construction will see the first phase of 10 acres, made operational by December 2023, with additional acreage delivered by the second quarter 2024.
The long-term vision of the project will eventually see the full Port of Vreed-en-Hoop completed with as many as 800 acres of port facilities.
This information was divulged as students of the University of Guyana benefitted from hands-on exposure to construction techniques being used at the artificial island and shorebase at Vreed-en-Hoop this week, as part of a commitment to build technical capacity.

Director of VEHSI, Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has explained that “Once fully realized, the Port of Vreed-en-Hoop will tie into the country’s vision to expand Guyana’s development.”
He noted that there is space for expansion and VEHSI can facilitate other shore base builds thereby making the need for foreign bases to support operations in Guyana unnecessary.
This new island is part of the reclaimed land that will be transformed into the estimated 44-acre mega-project to create the shore base facility for ExxonMobil and forms part of Port Vreed-en-Hoop.
Phase one of the project, which will be completed by this year-end, is meant to be the special purpose vehicle to serve as a SURF (Subsea Umbilicals, Riser and Flowlines) Shorebase for ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) projects.
The students from the Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments were taken on a private tour of the facility. This field visit is in keeping with the commitment of VEHSI to increasing the technical capacity of Guyanese.
The students engaged the team on the ground about the various techniques and the preferences of one material or method over the other among other pertinent engineering questions. The construction team also explained the project’s rigorous construction schedule, and environmental compliance and answered questions about qualifications and experience needed to be part of this type of construction project.
VEHSI also praised the support they received from the Guyana Government, noting that without the rapid pace of responses and the outpouring of support, the project could not have proceeded at such an accelerated pace.
“The company would like to particularly recognise the rapid speed at which President Irfaan Ali responded to the development plans for this project and the support received so far in helping the company to build out this world-class facility.”
VEHSI is currently the largest Guyanese private sector investment in the oil and gas sector and is expected to cost over US$300 Million. Vreed-en-Hoop Shore base Inc is a joint venture between NRG Holdings Inc.—a 100 percent Guyanese-owned consortium that is the majority shareholder –and Jan De Nul, an international maritime infrastructure company headquartered in Luxembourg.
In April 2022, ExxonMobil Guyana and Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Incorporated (VEHSI) signed a 20-year agreement for shore base services to be provided at the port of Vreed-en-Hoop facility to support the US oil giant’s operations offshore Guyana. The sod was subsequently turned in June on the US$300 million facility.