Oct 9 (Reuters) - A pipeline that will allow Guyana to

bring natural gas produced by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil ( XOM )

to shore has been successfully connected to two of the

project's floating production platforms, said on Wednesday

Exxon's head for Guyana, according to local media reports.

The "Gas-to-Energy" project by Guyana's government aims to

feed a 300-megawatts power plant and a natural gas liquids (NGL)

facility with gas produced at two Floating Production Storage

and Offloading (FPSO) facilities that are part of Exxon's

Stabroek block, the first development to take advantage of

associated gas produced in the country.

The Exxon consortium, also integrated by China's CNOOC

and U.S. Hess, temporarily halted crude and

gas output at the platforms in the third quarter to allow the

pipeline connection.

"Risers have now been successfully connected to the

pipeline, and we have been conducting several tests and

de-watering exercises to ensure everything is functioning

correctly," said Alistar Routledge, Exxon Guyana's head,

according to a report published by Newsroom Guyana.