Stories Beyond the Barrel

At 21, Rasheeda Daniels is pursuing a future beneath the Earth’s surface. The Guyanese scholar is studying Research Exploration Engineering at China Petroleum University in Beijing. Her training covers geology, mineral analysis, fossil studies, and the processes involved in petroleum...

Two Guyanese professionals have built careers supporting the country’s offshore oil and gas industry through technical training and field experience with TechnipFMC. Micheal Douglas and Steven Yussuf shared their career journeys for the STEM special edition of Energy Magazine....

Najuma Nelson has spent 15 years building a career across science, manufacturing, engineering, and project management. Nelson is the Project Services Manager within the Asset Engineering Services Department at Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI). She shared her professional journey...

Darren Budhram entered Guyana’s offshore oil industry with more questions than answers. The petroleum engineering graduate joined ExxonMobil Guyana’s Subsea team directly after university. During his first year, he helped support the control systems used to operate equipment thousands...

As Suriname builds out its offshore oil industry, more local workers are considering careers at sea. The opportunity can bring valuable experience, but life offshore also requires long shifts, strict safety practices, mental resilience, and weeks away from family. Uriel...

Dr. Carla Crawford was not trained for oil and gas. “I still practice as a physician,” she said. But the skills she learned from running a medical practice helped her understand business, people, and the patience needed to build...

Anastasia Jessemy-Lynch monitors vessel movements across Guyana’s offshore space from a small office in Kingston, Georgetown, ensuring that no ship approaches a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel or enters the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without approval. Jessemy-Lynch,...

From hospitality roots to offshore responsibility in Guyana’s oil and gas industry, Romona Leonard supports daily operations onboard the Stena DrillMAX.  Her journey offshore Guyana was recently featured in Stena Drilling’s Meet the Team series, shared on LinkedIn on March...

Over the course of her distinguished career, veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief Gwen Evelyn has consistently united refined professional decorum with incisive, disciplined focus.  That dedication has been the driver behind Energy Guyana Magazine’s success, the country’s only publication dedicated entirely...

Nicolas Ali, Quality, Health and Safety, Food Safety and Environmental Manager at Newrest Guyana, says developing people and strengthening systems offshore is the most rewarding part of his job. Speaking on the February 12 episode of ExxonMobil Guyana’s Onshore Diaries,...