ExxonMobil Begins Drilling Haimara-1 Exploration Well Offshore Guyana
07 Enero 2019 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
- First of two wildcat wells to be
drilled in January
- Growing Turbot area offering
significant development options
- Liza Phase 1 development progressing
toward first oil production in early 2020
ExxonMobil said today that it has begun drilling the Haimara-1
exploration well offshore Guyana, the first of two planned wells in
January. The Stena Carron drillship is drilling the well, which is
located 19 miles (31 kilometers) east of the Pluma-1 discovery in
the southeast Stabroek Block.
The Noble Tom Madden drillship is expected to drill the second
well, Tilapia-1, about three miles (five kilometers) west of the
Longtail-1 discovery. The Tilapia-1 well is located in the growing
Turbot area.
“We continue to prioritize high-potential prospects in close
proximity to previous discoveries in order to establish
opportunities for material and efficient development,” said Steve
Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. “Like the
Liza and Payara areas, the Turbot area is on its way to offering
significant development options that will maximize value for Guyana
and our partners.”
ExxonMobil is progressing the Liza Phase 1 development, which
has moved into its peak execution phase ahead of expected startup
in early 2020. Drilling of development wells in the Liza field is
continuing using the Noble Bob Douglas drillship, subsea equipment
is being prepared for installation, and the topside facilities
modules are being installed on the Liza Destiny floating,
production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Singapore.
Preparations are underway for the commencement of pipe-laying
activities in the Liza field in the spring. The Liza Destiny FPSO
is expected to sail from Singapore to arrive offshore Guyana in the
third quarter of 2019.
The potential exists for at least five FPSOs on the Stabroek
Block producing more than 750,000 barrels of oil per day by 2025.
Liza Phase 2 is expected to start up by mid-2022. Pending
government and regulatory approvals, project sanction is expected
first quarter 2019 and will use a second FPSO designed to produce
up to 220,000 barrels per day. Sanctioning of a third development,
Payara, is also expected in 2019 with start up as early as
2023.
ExxonMobil also plans to deploy a seismic vessel operated by
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to the Turbot area to acquire 4-D
seismic data similar to a 4-D campaign conducted in the Liza area
in 2017. A second PGS vessel has been released after seismic
acquisition activities were suspended on Dec. 22 when vessels were
approached by the Venezuelan navy in the northwest portion of the
Stabroek Block.
Drilling and development operations offshore Guyana are
unaffected by the incident, which occurred more than 110 kilometers
from the Ranger discovery, the closest of 10 discoveries made by
ExxonMobil in the southeast section of the Stabroek Block.
ExxonMobil operates the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana under
license from the government of Guyana. The acquisition of seismic
data was being conducted under license from the government of
Guyana in the country’s exclusive economic zone. ExxonMobil is
evaluating next steps for the seismic program.
Throughout its activities, ExxonMobil continues to emphasize and
promote direct benefit to local business. More than 50 percent of
the Guyana affiliate’s employees, contractors and subcontractors
are Guyanese, a number that will continue to grow as operations
progress. ExxonMobil, its partners and its contractors spent about
US$65 million with more than 300 local suppliers during the first
three quarters of 2018. The Centre for Local Business Development,
established by ExxonMobil in 2017 to promote the establishment and
growth of small- and medium-sized local businesses, continues to
enable access to training and capacity-building. More than 1300
local businesses have registered with the centre.
ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana
Limited is operator and holds 45 percent interest in the Stabroek
Block. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. holds 30 percent interest and
CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited holds 25 percent interest.
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