…says ‘$2.8B spent with Guyanese suppliers from January to March of this year’
With leader of the Opposition Dr Bharrat Jagdeo being the most recent person to make calls for Government to release the names of the local companies that oil giant ExxonMobil has utilised the services of, the Department of Public Information (DPI) in a release on Tuesday has done same.
ExxonMobil was quoted in the media as saying that it utilised the services of 309 local suppliers last year. Moreover, for 2018 the oil giant said that it also utilized approximately 227 local suppliers.
However, Government has, so far, only released the list of local suppliers for 2018.
Among other things, ExxonMobil had said that it “submits the list of companies to the government on a quarterly basis,” while outlining that the “government can verify the list and or attest to the public that we do in fact submit the data to the government. Or the government can choose to disclose the list.”
While stakeholders were optimistic that the oil giant was utilizing hundreds of local businesses, many had called for the names of the over 300 companies to be divulged.
According to Jagdeo in a release on Monday evening, “the non-disclosure of the names of local companies engaged by ExxonMobil has been the latest issue on which Minister Raphael Trotman has been called out on, despite calls by myself and other members of civil society for this to be done, months ago. Guyanese would recall that, last month, when asked about his failure to make the disclosure, Minister Trotman was flippant in saying that he ‘did not know why Exxon had not released the names’ of the local companies it engaged.”
Moreover, Jagdeo had said that “there is nothing stopping his release of the names of the local companies. I wish to repeat my call for the list of 309 local companies used by ExxonMobil in 2017 and the 227 used during the first quarter of 2018 to be released.”
The Opposition Leader even said that he found it “surprising that ExxonMobil has been relaying information to the Coalition Government, on a quarterly basis, given the reticence of this Administration when it comes to keeping the Guyanese public informed of the developments in the oil and gas sector.”
The Natural Resources Minister has since refuted the claims made by Jagdeo that the government is operating in secrecy.
Addressing the quarterly reports provided to the government by ExxonMobil, the DPI release said that the oil giant has pumped over GYD $10 billion into the local economy for 2017 and the first quarter of 2018.
According to the DPI, in the 1st quarter of 2018, ExxonMobil’s activities utilized 262 suppliers registered in Guyana, 227 of which are Guyanese-owned.
Thirty-five are foreign-owned or CARICOM (Caribbean Community) suppliers registered locally.
Caterers, IT specialists, machinists and graphic designers are among the 227 locally owned companies benefiting from the activities of ExxonMobil in Guyana in 2018.
In 2017, according to information from the DPI, ExxonMobil Guyana and its contractors together utilised 348 Guyanese registered suppliers, spending a total of $8 billion. 309 of those companies are said to be Guyanese owned.
It was also outlined that “A massive GY$2.8BILLION has been spent with Guyanese suppliers from January to March this year.”
“And the Exxon Impact is not limited to large corporations. In fact, the majority of the suppliers listed are categorised as small businesses. For example, there are 15 catering/restaurant companies, two small bottled water providers, several machinists and four graphic design firms” said the DPI release.
ExxonMobil’s Senior Director, Public and Government Affairs, Kimberly Brasington had said last week that “We take building local content seriously and have demonstrated that through action and capacity building. We want Guyanese suppliers to be a part of the industry. Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, ExxonMobil’s affiliate in Guyana, and its contractors continue to expand local content efforts through supplier utilisation.”
See the 2018 list of 227 local suppliers listed below:
| 2018 1st Quarter Supplier | |
| A. Ally & Sons Express | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Amethyst Marine Serivces | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Andrew Pollard and Gigi K Macedo | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Andron Alphonso | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Anthony Cole | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Aromas Café | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Assuria Life GY Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Atlantic Marine Supplies | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Auto Supply | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Automotive Art Tire Center | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| B.M. Soat Auto Sailes | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| BACIF | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Bartica Development Business Association | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Beharry Automotive Ltd. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Bel Air Rubis Service Station | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Bounty Supermarket | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Bourda Market | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Branderz Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Brandsville Apartments | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Brasil Churrascaria | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Budget Supermarket | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Camex Restaurant Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Carmichael Investment | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Carol Ann Correia | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Carribean Surgery Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Centurion Data Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Cevons | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Chontelle Sewett | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Chop Stix | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Christopher or Patricia Callen | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Correia & Correia | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Crucial Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Cyril’s Taxi Service | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| D. Singh’s Trading | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| DD Signs | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dalip Trading | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Demerara Bank Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dennis Charran | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dr. Shiwnandan | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| DSL Supermarket | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| DTS Trading | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dwayne Air Condition Repair | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Dyrock Construction | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| EC Vieria Shipyard | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Eldorado Offshore | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| E-Networks Incorporated | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Engraving and Trophy World | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Environmental Management Consultants | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Eureka Labs | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Eusi Anderson, Attorney | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Evans and Sons Service Center | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Express Logisitcs | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| F.J. Camacho (Guyana Inc.) | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Faiaz Ali | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Falcon Logistics and Management Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Farfan and Mendes | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Farm Supplies Ltd | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Fix It Hardware | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Frontline Car Wash | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| FuzeArts | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Gafoor’s Apartment | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Gafsons Industries Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| GAICO Construction | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ganesh Ajodha | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Garvin Gayadin | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Gary De Jesus | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| GEMBABB Marine Survey | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Germans Resturant | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Francios Catering Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Giftland | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Global Technology Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Gowkaran Persaud | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Grand Coastal Inn Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Green Leaf Solution Guyana Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ground Structures Engineering Consultants | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| GT Motorsports Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| GTM Insurance | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyan Red Cross Society | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Energy Support Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Logistics and Support Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana National Newspapers Ltd | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Power and Light Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Publications Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Revenue Authority | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Shore Base Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyana Times Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Guyoil | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Haagsbosch Landfill | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hamid Hardware | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hamson Hardware | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hand-in-Hand Life Insurance Co. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hans Neher | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Harris Paints | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hemraj Boudnauth | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hermanston Lodge | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hose N Bolts | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Houston Industrial Services & Company | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Hughes Fields and Stoby | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Iconic Marketing and Printing | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Impressions | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Industrial Fabrications Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Industrial Safety Supplies Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| I-Net Communications Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Isabel Rahaman Nee Galvao T as Rent A Tent | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| JAI Taxi Service | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Jaibogin Lodge (Region 2) | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Java Coffee Bar | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Jerome Khan | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| John Ramator – Refigeration | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| JPS Trading | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| JSL International Guyana Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Jus Water Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Kares Engineering | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| King and Regent Service Center | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Knight Rider Bus Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| K’s Resturant | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Leon St. Marthe | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Linden Enterprise Network Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Lorraine Ince-Carvalhal | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Low’s Shell | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| M&M Investments | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Macaela Siobhan Cameron | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| MACORP | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Maggie’s Snackette and Catering | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Matpal Marine Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mattai’s the Food Mart | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Maurice Solomon and Co. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mercure Signes | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Meshach Pierre | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Metro Office and Computer Supplies | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mines Services Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| MMC Security Force Inc (Serviced via Falcon) | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mode Trading Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Moenudin McDoom | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mokesh Daby | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| MP Insurance | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mr. Colin Daniels | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mr. Colvin Lockhart | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mr. Kembleton Clyne | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mr. Kurt Branker | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mr. Ramesh Seebarran | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Mrs. Caretta Ross- Hopkinson | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ms. Jamela A. Ali | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Muneshwar Limited | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Nabi Construction | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| National Hardware | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| National Insurance Scheme | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| National Media and Publishing Co Ltd | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Nizam and Company | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| NP Electronics | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| NT Computeac | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| O&P Properties | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Oasis Café Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Oliver Frazier | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| OMG | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Oshana and Orlando Rogers | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Palm Court Restaurant & Bar | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Parmesar Chartered Accountants | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Paul Geer | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Pegasus Hotel Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Pest Pros | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Phillips General Store | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Pinnacle Safety Zone | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Poonai and Poonai | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Precious Metal Mines Incorporated | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Prem’s Electrical | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Puran Bros Disposal Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Queensway Security Services Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| R. Bassoo & Sons Construction | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ram & Mcrae | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ramchand Auto Sales | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ramchan’s Spare Parts | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Rams and McRae | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ray’s Car Rental | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Regal Stationary | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Rennie Leow | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Rentokil Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Rooster’s Grill | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Roraima Airways Inc. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Royal Castle Inc | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| RRT TIRE SHOP | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ruben Sawmills | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Ryan Shivraj | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Safeway Security | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Sandhyad Prasad or Seu Prasad | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Sarjoo’s Trucking Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Shanta’s New Market | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Simran’s Fuel | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Sleep In Hotel | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| SOL Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Solomon & Co | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Somwaru’s Travel Service | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Sonia Noel | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Special Auto | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Stan Gouveia | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Star Party Rentals | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Starr Computers | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Surendra N. Ramsaroop | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Survival Supermarket | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Sydney Qualis | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Taste of India | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| The Boardroom | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| The Garage | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Ltd. | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| The Water Store | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Timothy Jonas | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| TotalTec | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Trans Guyana Airways | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| TSD Lal and Co | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Unique | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Universal Machining | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| USA Global Export Guy Ltd | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| V. Dalip Enterprise | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Visual 360 Creative | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| VSH United Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Waldyke Prince | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Welfab Welding and Fabrication Services | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Yellow Mines Hydraulic Supply | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Youth Challenge Guyana | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| ZECO | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Zhong Ya Hardware | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
| Zhongda | Guyanese-owned, registered in Guyana |
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