The spin-off benefits from oil and gas are growing in the South American country of Guyana where a taxi service which has been in operation for over a decade started providing transportation services to the oil and gas industry with one vehicle and driver, and has since seen that number balloon to 133 drivers.
“I started with one vehicle. We started moving people from day one…with a little minivan, myself as the driver. Moved to three, end up to 50, at 133 now,” Mulshankar “Sunil” Persaud, Owner of Cyril’s Taxi and Transportation Service said in the latest episode of Access ExxonMobil, published over the weekend.
“We spent enormous amounts in training, getting the staff up to speed. I urge all business people in Guyana to adopt the safe cultures. And it’s phenomenal to know where we are, what we are doing, and how we grow with these companies,” he added.
When contacted by OilNOW, Persaud said his taxi service has been in operation since 2007 but started providing transportation service to the oil and gas industry in 2009, even before the first oil discovery was made by ExxonMobil.
Persaud said the company now employs more than 133 local drivers to serve the industry. Training in areas such as defensive driving is now routinely provided to those coming onboard to work with the company in an industry where safety is the primary concern.
ExxonMobil said it has spent over US$84 million with Guyanese vendors in the first three quarters of 2019 alone, for various products and services.
Already, over 600 local companies are servicing the oil and gas sector in the South American country where oil production began on December 20 at the Liza Phase 1 Development project.
