Exxon Selects Baker Hughes for Chemicals Services for Uaru and Whiptail Developments

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PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2025) — Baker Hughes revealed a significant award from ExxonMobil Guyana to provide specialty chemicals and related services for its Uaru and Whiptail offshore greenfield developments in Guyana’s prolific Stabroek Block. 

The multi-year contract includes all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu (Uaru development) and Jaguar (Whiptail development) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, which are currently under development, Baker Hughes said 3 Feb. 2024 in an official statement released during its 25th annual meeting in Florence, Italy.

The Errea Wittu FPSO is targeted to begin production in 2026, while the Jaguar FPSO is targeted for 2027.

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Baker Hughes has extensive experience in Guyana and has established local supply chains to create a reliable and efficient source of chemicals to address the unique needs of these developments, the company said. 

Uaru and Whiptail mark ExxonMobil Guyana’s fifth and sixth projects in the small South American country. The 2 developments will include up to 20 drill centers and 92 production and injection wells. 

Each FPSO will have a production capacity of 250,000 barrels per day (b/d), take Guyana’s total daily production capacity to approximately 1.3 million barrels per day (MMb/d).

Baker Hughes has a strong history of localization in Guyana and in 2022, celebrated the opening of a multimodal supercenter in Georgetown. The company also provides a variety of services and equipment to operators in the country, including turbomachinery for ExxonMobil Guyana’s FPSO fleet and production chemicals for the Liza Unity vessel.

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By Piero Stewart reporting from Panama City. © 2025 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.

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