8 Guyanese engineers internationally trained to support Prosperity FPSO

– now serving in key roles in support of Guyana operations

Eight young Guyanese engineers are now internationally trained to support the vessel Prosperity, the third floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel that SBM Offshore is delivering to Guyana.
To commemorate this historic occasion, a graduation ceremony was held at the Guyana Marriott Hotel for these engineers, who formed the first cohort of the programme.
“Seven of the graduates – Malik Lewis, Andy Sattan, Tanisha Selby, Paula Ceres, Raymond Luckhoo, Kishaun Lall and Daniel Troyer – received training in the Netherlands and then Singapore for six months each, where they gained hands-on training on the Prosperity FPSO. The eighth graduate, Maryam Nasir, was trained in Monaco and the Netherlands, where she participated in the creation of a Digital Twin for the Prosperity FPSO – a digital replica of the vessel, designed to enable information management.
“Following completion of the training, the graduates were awarded official placements within the company,” SBM stated in a release to the media.
These graduates, the company has stated, now serve in various capacities.
Malik Lewis serves as a Vendor Callout Coordinator; Andy Sattan as a Reliability and Optimisation Engineer; Tanisha Selby as an Instrument and Controls Engineer; Paula Ceres as a Facility Engineer; Raymond Luckhoo and Kishaun Lall as Planning Engineers; Daniel Troyer as a Facility Engineer, and Maryam Nasir serves as a Data Scientist.
During the graduation ceremony, the General Manager of SBM Offshore Guyana, Martin Cheong, noted that the activity is in keeping with the company’s Local Content Master Plan, and indicated that this is just one of the capacity development programmes SBM Offshore Guyana offers.
“SBM Offshore is committed to building local content and providing capacity-building opportunities for Guyanese to play vital roles in the management of our country’s oil and gas resources,” he declared.

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, stated, “What an exciting day to celebrate the beginning of such bright careers at the beginning of a blossoming industry here in Guyana. You all are, as you’ve heard, the first cohort; you are the leaders breaking the ground. You are the future of SBM Offshore; you are the future of the industry, and you will lead the way for years and years to come.”
In her remarks, Human Resource Manager Onecia Johnson pointed to the resilience of the graduates, who commenced training during the COVID-19 pandemic. “They are committed and resilient. From weathering unfamiliar climates and being away from their families as they underwent training, to absorbing the teachings of the industry experts that they worked alongside, this impressive team of graduates displayed zest for the training opportunities they were presented with,” she said.
Prosperity FPSO Project Director Boudewijn Ledderhof commended the graduates for their proactive approach to the training and the vigour with which they undertook their daily tasks, while adding, “You have shown that with the right attitude and with the right mindset, you can grow rapidly into roles that SBM Offshore needs and the industry needs. You are all textbook ambassadors for all the cohorts to follow, and you should be very proud of that.”
Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat congratulated the young engineers on their achievements, and commended SBM Offshore for their capacity-building efforts.
“In saying that, we must recognise the work of SBM Offshore; we must commend SBM [Offshore] as well for taking this initiative to ensuring that they build capacity among young people in Guyana,” Minister Bharrat said.
A new batch of Graduate Engineers has been recruited as the second cohort of the programme, in alignment with SBM Offshore Guyana’s ongoing initiatives to build local capacity and expand its Guyana workforce.