Building Guyana’s local capacity remains paramount to Noble Corporation, the driller with the most rigs in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block.
Noble said its four-year Local Content Master Plan draws on set targets to use locals where applicable and invest in building local competencies.
It includes the “Guyana Drill Crew Development Program” designed by Noble to develop the required knowledge, skills and abilities for locals to become roustabouts, floormen, derrickmen and assistant drillers.
To push this, Noble created a training facility, with a 12-seat classroom and practical laboratories for fundamental offshore training of Guyanese crews, including personal and process safety.
“These programs have been designed to help rig teams gain and demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities to perform their jobs safely and efficiently, and provide development and preparation for career advancement opportunities,” Noble said. “Long-term contracts for Noble’s rigs operating in the area provide what Noble believes is an opportunity to make an even bigger impact on the local community.”
Apart from this, Noble’s Subsea Development Program in 2022 saw two Guyanese receiving intensive hands-on, rig-based experience and classroom training toward careers as subsea engineers.
For 2023, Noble aims to boost its local workforce by 10% year-on-year, with mentoring and training on the cards for two assistant derrickmen per operating rig in Guyana. In 2022, Noble said its Guyanese headcount increased by 37%.
The company said it has also supplemented its target by engaging in local capacity-building programs like sponsoring Guyanese maritime scholarships and developing a drill development program via its NobleAdvances training center.
Noble remains one of the world’s leading offshore drilling contractors for the oil and gas industry. Its merger with Maersk Drilling resulted in its revenue from contract drilling services in Guyana for Q422 shooting up to US$586 million.
