Mexican oil and gas EPC business group engages GCCI on Guyana’s local content requirements
On August 14, Senior Vice President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Mrs. Kathy Smith, and Councillor and Executive Member, Mr. Richard Rambarran met with Metalmecánica Especializada del Golfo (MEGSA), a Mexican business group that specialises in engineering, procurement, and construction for the oil and gas industry with vast experience in tank farm construction.
The MEGSA team comprised Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Pedro Oscar Morales Gonzalez, and Commercial Manager, Mr. Arturo Vazquez, who expressed an interest in seeking opportunities in Guyana. The GCCI officials provided an overview of Guyana’s business and investment environment, as well as the Chamber’s role. With a strong emphasis on the importance of partnering with local businesses, the GCCI team provided the businessmen with insights into the Local Content Act, and its requirements.
MEGSA was established almost three decades ago, and provides services in the U.S, Mexico, and Latin America, including for companies such Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and PEMEX. Among their areas of speciality are the Engineering, procurement, construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of pipelines for the transportation of hydrocarbons; Directional crossings of hydrocarbon pipelines; Construction of civil works; Electrical work in high, medium and low voltage; Engineering, procurement, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, testing and commissioning of industrial plants such as compression stations, separation batteries and hydrocarbon storage terminals; Engineering, procurement, construction and automation of processes such as gas and fire detection, energy control and distribution and telemetry, and compression stations.
