Critical oil & gas training to begin Monday

May 05, 2012 News

As exploration continues for oil and gas offshore Guyana, Government has announced moves to train persons in the field.
The first course is set to begin Monday, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment announced yesterday. That Ministry is charged with mining, forestry and oil exploration, among other critical environmental areas.

President Donald Ramotar

The five-day course in Oil and Gas will benefit from officers of the Ministry and will be facilitated by Warren Business Consulting on behalf of Minexco Petroleum. Minexco Petroleum is a private junior oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company building a robust portfolio of upstream oil and gas ventures across West Africa and northern South America.
President Donald Ramotar and Minister Robert Persaud had made representations to Minexco Petroleum to undertake this training course.
According to Government, the course is a timely one as Guyana is optimistic to discover oil.
There are currently two wells being drilled off Guyana’s shores by exploration companies, CGX and Repsol.
President Ramotar will formally open the course to be held at the Regency Suites, Hadfield Street, Georgetown.
There have been concerns over Guyana’s technical

The Guyana government is set to start training locals for the merging oil and gas industry on Monday.

capacity in a number of areas, including mining, civil engineering and now in the oil and gas industry which Guyana is hoping desperately to develop.
There have also been concerns about the areas of studies being offered by the country’s main tertiary education institution, the University of Guyana with calls made to urgently revamp the curriculum to bring it more in line with the labour demands.

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