(ExxonMobil, 27.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil has increased its estimated recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels and made a further oil discovery northeast of the producing Liza field at the Uaru exploration well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block.
— Stabroek Block recoverable resources increased by 2 billion oil-equivalent barrels
— Uaru well is 16th discovery, will be incremental to the new resource estimate
— Fifth drillship expected in 2020
The new recoverable resource estimate includes 15 discoveries offshore Guyana through year-end 2019. The Uaru discovery is the first of 2020 and will be added to the resource estimate at a later date.
Production from the Liza Phase 1 development is currently ramping up and will produce up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day in the coming months, utilizing the Liza Destiny floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).
The Liza Unity FPSO, which will be employed for the second phase of Liza development and will have a production capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day, is under construction and expected to start production by mid-2022.
Pending
government approvals and project sanctioning of a third development, production
from the Payara field north of the Liza discoveries could start as early as
2023, reaching an estimated 220,000 barrels of oil per day.
The Stabroek Block is 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometers). ExxonMobil
affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited is operator and holds
45 percent interest in the Stabroek Block. Hess Guyana Exploration Limited,
holds 30 percent interest and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds 25 percent interest.
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