Stabroek partners make two more oil discoveries offshore Guyana
Sept. 8, 2020
ExxonMobil and its partners have achieved an 18th oil discovery on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, adding to the existing recoverable resource of more than 8 Bboe.
(Courtesy Noble Corp.)
The drillship Noble Don Taylor.
Offshore staff
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil and its partners have achieved an 18th oil discovery on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, adding to the existing recoverable resource of more than 8 Bboe.
The drillship Noble Don Taylor drilled the Redtail-1 well in 6,164 ft (1,878 m) of water and about 1.5 mi (2.5 km) northwest of the Yellowtail discovery.
It encountered 232 ft (70 m) of good-quality oil-bearing sandstone.
John Hess, CEO of partner Hess, pointed out that Redtail was the ninth find in the southeast area of the block, likely underpinning a future development.
In addition, Yellowtail-2, the 17th discovery on the block, delivered 69 ft (21 m) of net pay in newly identified oil-bearing reservoirs among the original Yellowtail-1 discovery intervals.
