Guyana’s fourth Stabroek Block development, Yellowtail, is approximately 95% complete, according to an update from Hess’s Chief Executive Officer, John Hess.
“A sail out of Yellowtail – which is a 250,000 barrel a day FPSO [floating, production, storage and offloading vessel] will be at the end of March. Should get in Guyanese waters in the second quarter,” Hess shared at the recent Goldman Sachs conference.
The Yellowtail Development includes six drill centers and up to 67 wells, with 26 for production and 25 for injection. It will utilise the ‘ONE GUYANA’ FPSO vessel, which is being built by SBM Offshore. TechnipFMC will install a subsea system, including 51 enhanced vertical deepwater trees, 12 manifolds, and related equipment.
“That’s going to be a very prolific field that’s going to fill that ship for a very long time,” Hess added.
Bourbon Clear vessel in Guyana to support Yellowtail development operations
The FPSO is designed to handle 450 million cubic feet of gas per day and inject 300,000 barrels of water daily. It will be moored at a depth of 1,800 meters and can store two million barrels of crude oil.
The well site is located about 109.9 nautical miles (203.3 km) off the coast of Guyana, covering 0.29 square nautical miles (1 square kilometer).
US$10B Yellowtail Project set to unleash a tsunami of economic benefits
Click on the link to see a video of the hull: ONE GUYANA
