ExxonMobil maintains breakneck Stabroek pace
The major will proceed with Yellowtail, its largest Guyanese project to date
ExxonMobil has taken FID on the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana, following government and regulatory approvals. The major expects Yellowtail, its fourth development in the prolific Stabroek block, to produce around 250,000bl/d starting in 2025. Yellowtail has an estimated recoverable resource of 900mn bl. The $10bn project will use a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit and comprise up to 26 production and 25 injection wells. The FID announcement “underlines Stabroek’s importance to ExxonMobil and its partners”, says Andre Fagundes, vice-president at consultancy Welligence Energy Analytics. “This will be a huge development, the largest in the Americas,” he continues
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