discovery to production in less than five years, the company believes the world has rarely seen a place like Guyana for deep water developments. This was explained by Hunter Farris, Senior Vice President, Deep Water, ExxonMobil during the fourth installment of the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo, hosted at the Guyana Marriott, between February 18 and 21.

This year’s premiere energy conference was held under the theme ‘Connecting the Dots: Integrating the Future’. Farris during a keynote presentation told conference delegates that thanks to the collective efforts of business partners, industry leaders and local contractors, we now witness what is rightly being described as “one of the most incredible success stories, the world has ever seen.”

“What you’re witnessing, which we’re living out in real time is the epic underdog tale of Guyana’s oil and gas development, development that has only just begun to transform this country and its economy and to benefit Guyana citizens in ways big and small,” the Vice President said.

He was keen to note that in practically no time, Guyana’s oil discoveries have catapulted the nation into the ranks of the world’s oil superpowers. According to him, “By the standards of our industry, which undertakes and executes projects with multi-decade timelines, this has happened practically overnight…traditionally it would take a decade or longer to produce the first barrels of oil from a significant deep water discovery, especially in a new country, but thanks to the dedication and focus of Guyana’s stakeholders, as well as skills and expertise of ExxonMobil’s scientists, engineers and business partners, we accelerated the process achieving first, oil safely and responsibly in December of 2019.”