埃克森美孚在圭亚那近海发现又一重大石油发现

美国石油巨头埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)周三表示，该公司及其合作伙伴赫斯公司在圭亚那海上又发现了一处重要的原油。

Whiptail在Stabroek区块的发现增加了该区块的十多个发现，之前大约 90 亿石油当量桶的可采资源。

Exxon 和 Hess 表示，Whiptail 位于乌阿鲁东南部和 Yellowtail 发现区以西，可以成为 Stabroek 区块未来另一个开发项目的基础。

“Whiptail 是一个重要的新石油发现，将增加已发现的约 90 亿桶油当量的可采资源估计，并可能支持 Stabroek 区块东南地区未来的石油开发，”赫斯公司首席执行官约翰赫斯在一份报告中表示。陈述。

埃克森美孚和赫斯认为，到 2027 年，圭亚那海上至少可以有 6 个项目上线，并看到多达 10 个项目的潜力，以开发南美国家水域当前的可采资源基础。

在不到五年的时间里，埃克森美孚及其在 Stabroek 区块的合作伙伴在该区块获得了十多项优质发现，使圭亚那成为 2019 年 12 月最新的石油生产国。

圭亚那总统伊尔法安·阿里今年早些时候表示，Liza 一期海上项目——由埃克森美孚领导的圭亚那第一个石油生产项目——已达到其全部计划产能，即每天约 130,000 桶 (bpd)。埃克森美孚今天表示，Liza Phase 1 目前日产量为 120,000 桶。

埃克森美孚表示，Liza 第二阶段项目旨在通过一艘浮式、生产、储存和卸货船 (FPSO) ，日产量可达22万桶，并且仍能实现 2022 年初的目标。

圭亚那是这家美国超级巨头战略中的首要任务之一，该战略专注于高回报和产生现金的项目，使其能够在 2025 年之前增加股息。

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ExxonMobil and its partner Hess Corporation have made another significant crude oil discovery offshore Guyana, the U.S. supermajor said on Wednesday.

The Whiptail discovery in the Stabroek Block adds to more than a dozen discoveries on the block and the previous recoverable resource estimate of approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

Whiptail, located southeast of Uaru and west of Yellowtail discoveries, could form the basis of another future development in the Stabroek Block, Exxon and Hess said.

“Whiptail is a significant new oil discovery that will add to the discovered recoverable resource estimate of approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent and could underpin a future oil development in the southeast area of the Stabroek Block,” Hess Corporation’s CEO John Hess said in a statement.

ExxonMobil and Hess believe offshore Guyana could allow for at least six projects online by 2027 and see the potential for up to 10 projects to develop the current recoverable resource base in the waters of the South American country.

In less than five years, Exxon and its partners in the Stabroek Block made more than a dozen quality discoveries on the block, making Guyana the newest oil-producing nation in December 2019.

The Liza Phase 1 offshore project—Guyana’s first oil-producing project led by ExxonMobil—has reached its full planned production capacity of some 130,000 barrels per day (bpd), Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali said earlier this year. Liza Phase 1 currently produces 120,000 bpd, Exxon said today.

The Liza Phase 2 Project is designed to pump up to 220,000 bpd with a floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO), and remains on target for early 2022, Exxon says.

Guyana is one of the top priorities in the U.S. supermajor’s strategy to focus on high-return and cash-generating projects that would allow it to grow its pidend through 2025.