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ExxonMobil announces significant oil discovery at Whiptail, offshore Guyana

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ExxonMobil said it made a discovery at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. Whiptail-1 is being drilled in 5,889 feet (1,795 meters) of water by the Stena DrillMAX. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd.

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ExxonMobil reports oil discovery at Pinktail, offshore Guyana

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ExxonMobil has made a discovery at Pinktail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Separately, the Liza Unity floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel set sail from Singapore to Guyana in early September. The Liza Destiny FPSO vessel is currently producing approximately 120,000 barrels of oil per day.

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ExxonMobil makes two more discoveries offshore Guyana

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ExxonMobil has made two new discoveries offshore Guyana to the southeast of the Liza and Payara developments in the Stabroek block. The discoveries at Seabob and Kiru-Kiru are the sixth and seventh in Guyana this year, with the total number of discoveries in Guyana at more than 25. Guyana’s Stabroek block is 6.6

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ExxonMobil discovery at Uaru-2 offshore Guyana; block recoverable resource estimate upped to 9B barrels oil-equivalent

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ExxonMobil announced an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana ( earlier post ). Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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ExxonMobil makes two more discoveries offshore Guyana

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ExxonMobil made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. These discoveries will add to the previously announced recoverable resource estimate for the block, of 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd. The Stabroek block is 6.6

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ExxonMobil begins oil production in offshore Guyana; estimated ~6B barrels oil equivalent recoverable in Stabroek Block

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ExxonMobil has started oil production from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after the first discovery of hydrocarbons, which is well ahead of the industry average for deepwater developments. Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited is operator and holds 45% interest.

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