A major oil conference got underway yesterday with ExxonMobil playing up the economic growth that Guyana will see from its offshore operations but the intended main speaker, President David Granger did not appear as he was said to have been “unavoidably detained”.
Amidst dozens of oil companies and suppliers and notables including the former premier of Alberta, Canada, Alison Redford, Vice President of ExxonMobil Development Company, Lisa Waters, said that Guyana will be helping to fuel global economic growth around as a result of the company’s oil discoveries in the offshore Stabroek Block
Hundreds of delegates and representatives from international and regional companies from all parts of the world gathered yesterday morning at the Marriott Hotel as the Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX) was officially launched.
Addressing the gathering, Waters
