PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar paid a visit to the ExxonMobil drillship, the Deepwater Champion, yesterday. The Deepwater Champion is drilling for oil under licence from the Government of Guyana in the Stabroek block, some 120 miles offshore Guyana within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
The President and party travelled by helicopter from Ogle Aerodrome and were given a 360 degree view of the drillship from the helicopter.

After a short briefing aboard, the Party returned to Ogle. The President was accompanied by Mr. Robert Persaud who, in his capacity as Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, is the focal point in the Government for Esso Exploration, and coordinator of the visit with Mr. Jeff Simons, Country Manager of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL). EEPGL is the local subsidiary of ExxonMobil, the largest publicly-traded Oil and Gas Company in the world.
Minister Persaud is coordinating the development of a National Oil and Gas policy on which he has invited and encouraged wide stakeholder participation and comment.