PERSONS who visited the Giftland Mall on Saturday were able to gather a wealth of knowledge about the operations of ExxonMobil.

“We decided to set up a tunnel experience at Giftland where persons were able to learn about the company’s operations here,” said ExxonMobil’s Community Relations and Communications Manager Nicholas Yearwood in an invited comment.

While it is understandable that everyone would not be able to go offshore, the company could still give persons a two-dimensional look at some of the things that are involved in the oil-production process.

There were photographs of important aspects of the operations such as the drillships, subsea equipment and so forth.

Yearwood said it was an interactive session and that persons could look forward to more outreach programmes soon.

In early January, the U.S. oil company had also discovered oil offshore Guyana at its Ranger-1 well, adding to its previous discoveries since 2015. The Ranger-1 well encountered approximately 230 feet of high-quality, oil-bearing reservoir, located some 60 miles northwest of its Liza phase one project within the Stabroek Block.

The Stabroek Block is 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometres). Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited is operator and holds 45 percent interest in the Stabroek Block. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. holds 30 percent interest and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited holds 25 percent interest.