SBM Offshore Guyana amplified its local content and sustainability efforts in 2024, continuing its capacity building drive and fostering greater community engagements. By strengthening partnerships with government institutions and other stakeholders, the company equipped Guyanese with skillsets and opportunities to respond to the country’s needs in the oil and gas industry.
Local Content Milestones
The Facility Simulator (FacTor) Unit of the Guyana Technical Training College Incorporated (GTTCI) was officially commissioned in February, marking the opening of Guyana’s first international oil and gas training facility. In July, the second cohort of the company’s Trainee Technicians completed their practical training at FacTor. They are the first batch to receive training at GTTCI and have since progressed to training onboard the Liza Unity FPSO.
The Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix Competition 2024 saw the three winning schools, St. Rose’s High, Abram Zuil Secondary and St. Stanislaus College, embark on an educational journey to Houston, Texas. The STEM-focused competition created a platform for high school students to design race cars powered by mousetraps, enabling them to demonstrate their creative application of physics principles.
The company also supported the Innovation Challenge 2024, underscoring its support for Information and Community Technology. Led by the Office of the Prime Minister’s Industry and Innovation Unit, the competition provided a platform for local talent to develop innovative digital solutions for traffic challenges in Guyana. Of the 11 teams that competed, Teams Cassini Technologies, Syntax Surfers and TTr emerged victorious in first, second and third place respectively.
Three Guyanese companies were contracted to deliver over 300 tonnes of green steel for the Jaguar Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Industrial Fabrications Incorporated, Guyana Oil & Gas Support Services Incorporated, and ZECO Group of Services, will fabricate several essential steel fixtures for the FPSO. This move signifies a major local content win for the suppliers.
Community Engagements and Social Development Programme
The second cohort of the Enhancing Livelihoods Youth Literacy Programme, executed by the Non-Governmental Organisation, National Coordinating Coalition (NGO-NCC), officially concluded in July, with 65 students benefitting. Similarly, 52 young girls received professional football coaching and crucial self-development traits under the Women in Football Development Programme. This initiative is led by the Vurlon Mills Football Academy.
The company’s sustainability footprint expanded to Region 2 for the first time. It partnered with the non-profit organisation, Food for the Poor Guyana, to execute a community building construction project in Little Red Village, Onderneeming. These efforts underpin the company’s Environment, Social and Governance approach, and demonstrates its commitment to upskilling the workforce and contributing to the well-rounded development of young Guyanese.
