Shell Bel Air Park Service Station commissioned

Dec 09, 2011 News

Adding to its 11 sites which are already functional, SOL Guyana Inc. officially

President Donald Ramotar and the daughters of Robin and Michelle Low cutting the ribbon to officially open the Shell Bel Air Park Service Station

opened its flagship site, the Shell Bel Air Park Service Station, last evening, with a simple commissioning ceremony at the Vlissengen Road location.
Ken Figaro, General Manager of SOL Guyana Inc, stated that such an achievement has brought his company closer to fully operating its local retail network, which comprises 12 sites.
Ten of these sites are owned by the company and operated by retail contractors while the others, which are also Shell-branded, are owned and operated by respective dealers.
Figaro went on to say that the reconstruction of this latest service station signals SOL’s continued confidence in the local economy and fits with the company’s strategic plan to deliver quality products and services to customers at “state-of-the-art service stations” now in Georgetown, Berbice, Linden, and on the East and West Banks of Demerara.
The Bel Air Park site will be operated by a couple, Robin and Michelle Low, who have been at this location for the past six years.
President Donald Ramotar, who graced the occasion with his presence, asserted that SOL has the most modern service station in Guyana, if not in the Caribbean. He added that while SOL has taken over the Shell brand in the Caribbean and expanded in many countries in the Region, the company continues to commit itself towards improving standards and services in Guyana.
The President noted that for Guyanese, the petroleum industry is of major importance, even though the country is not presently a producer of the precious commodity, which represents the single largest expense the country has on its importation bill.
According to President Ramotar, this is testimony to the fact that the country’s economy is improving and the population of vehicles has increased tremendously.
This has resulted in a lot of pressure to improve existing infrastructure and possibly add new infrastructure to accommodate all that is taking place.
While Guyana is investing heavily now on alternative energy, petroleum will remain very important to the country in the future.
“We see petroleum being very important to sectors of our economy. I envisage that mining will be a very growth tool for the development of Guyana. Already it is making a big contribution to the development of our country and you know, the mining sector is already consuming a lot of petroleum and petroleum products,” said the President.
He emphasized that it is especially important as “an Agriculture country” since many chemicals and fertilizers used in this sector come from petroleum itself.
This newspaper also understands that the administration is aiming to have Guyana join the group of countries producing oil and fuel soon.

Robin Low (right) demonstrates to President Ramotar on how the pumps at the service station will be operated.

“Such a find will help us to create a complex of industries; refineries, producing lubricants, fertilizers, many of the inputs that we have… Now we have to start preparing for that and we have to start to prepare the human capital to meet the challenges that will be ahead of us.”
In February of 2005, the acquisition of Shell’s Petroleum Distribution and Marketing businesses in the Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname and Belize marked the creation of the SOL group.
SOL currently supplies fuels, lubricants, bitumen and LPG through an extensive service station network and through its aviation, marine and commercial operations. It uses the Shell brand under licence across its service station network, and acts as the sole distributor of Shell’s fuels and lubricants.

6 thoughts on “Shell Bel Air Park Service Station commissioned”

Golden_Arrowhead December 9, 2011 at 3:11 am

Great news. SOL needs to work on Mr. Low’s attitude to his customers. He needs a lesson in customer relations.
1. saphari December 10, 2011 at 7:10 pm
  
  maybe you should look at your attitude before judging Mr Low’s
John Budzo Singh December 9, 2011 at 10:29 am

Really? President has to open a gas station?

Oh boy, Vote PPP let progress continue……..
1. SammyJohnson December 9, 2011 at 6:38 pm
  
  Yes vote ppp because the opening of the service station was ceremonially done as the repsol rig arrives in guyana waters to commence drilling.
Gt_bana December 9, 2011 at 5:38 pm

Gone are the days when you had to travel miles to find a gas station. Lets give Mr. Low a tap on the back for encouragement.
Fireman649 December 9, 2011 at 7:28 pm

Mr. Ramotar a quick tip invest in a Fire boat, Guyana has been without one since 1976 and while you are at it, think about a foam tender for the fire station at Diamond, just in case a welder get things wrong again at the Providence bulk terminals.