Queens College to host Oil
and Gas symposium
By Tangerine Clarke
Under the theme, Navigating
the Opportunities and Imperatives
in Guyana’s Oil and Gas
Economy – Queen’s College
of Guyana Alumni Association
New York (QCAANY), will
assemble experts versed in the
field, for an international symposium
on Saturday, May 29,
2021.
The free, live in-person
event, which will be held at
the Jamaica Performing Arts
Center (JPAC), 153-10 Jamaica
Ave in Queens, from 3 pm — 5
pm, will be hosted under strict
social-distancing protocols.
Registration is currently open
for limited seating on a firstcome,
first-served basis.
A live stream of the symposium
will be available but prior
registration is required in order
to receive the secure link. Registration
details are accessible
via the Symposium website (
https://guyanaoilsymposium.
com/).
The symposium will also
include an interactive discussion
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with audience members,
moderated by Rosalind Kilkenny
McLymont, executive editor
of The Network Journal, and
Mohamed A. Karimullah, vice
president of Infinity Services,
Inc., a Guyana-based engineering
and management consulting
company.
Participating experts at the
symposium will include:
Dennis A. Pieters, Ph.D. —
International Reservoir Engineering
Consultant, Professor
and Author. Pieters obtained his
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering
from the Colorado School
of Mines and is also a Queens
College alumnus. He currently
serves as a director of Mid-Atlantic
Oil & Gas Inc., in Georgetown,
Guyana.
Edwin M. Callender, Esq. —
Texas-based attorney and international
energy consultant with
more than 25 years experience
in the areas of Oil & Gas law,
energy economics, risk analysis,
commercial energy transactions
and business strategy. In addition
to his legal qualifications
and expertise, Callender holds
graduate degrees in Chemical
Engineering, Business Administration
and Finance. He is
also an alumnus of the Bishop’s
High School in Guyana.
Fareed M. Amin — former
deputy minister for Energy and
Infrastructure in the Province
President of QCAANY, John Campbell. QCAANY
of Ontario, Canada, and deputy
city manager of the City of
Toronto. Amin is also a former
infrastructure and environmental
adviser to the government of
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
He is a graduate of the
University of Guyana, with postgraduate
degrees and certifications
in Public Administration
from the University of Toronto
and Queens University in Canada,
as well as the Kennedy
School of Government in the
United States.
According to the QC executive,
since officially becoming
the world’s newest oil-producing
nation just over a year ago,
Guyana has moved rapidly to
center stage in the international
media spotlight. Recent offshore
discoveries of more than
eight billion barrels of proven,
recoverable petroleum reserves
have fueled the prospect of
explosive economic growth and
previously unthinkable per-capita
income gains for the country’s
800,000 residents.
Mohamed Aftab Karimullah,
vice president of Infi nity
Services, Inc. QCAANY
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