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Average discovery size at Stabroek block is 500 million boe with a record 90% success rate

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Since 2015, ExxonMobil has made 18 discoveries at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana with just two non-commercial encounters – Skipjack-1 and Sorubim-1 – which demonstrate a 90% exploration success rate in the prolific Guyana-Suriname basin. The 18 discoveries so far...
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Stabroek Block offers best options in a global industry under pressure

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Even as the global pandemic continues to cast a shadow on the oil and gas industry, its unprecedented effects have not eclipsed the attractiveness of Guyana’s world-class oil finds.  In fact, it has served to highlight how advantaged the...
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Shell looking to strike it big on ‘Golden Lane of Oil in the Guianas’ six years after walking away from Stabroek Block

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Six years after giving up its stake in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana where operator ExxonMobil went on to make the first world class Liza discovery just months later, Shell is now looking to strike it big on the...
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Hess confirms potential for 10 FPSOs at Guyana’s Stabroek Block

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Hess Corporation said on Wednesday the development of hydrocarbon resources offshore Guyana now has the potential for up to 10 floating production storage and offloading (FPSOs) units particularly as the estimated gross discovered recoverable resources have increased to approximately...
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Stabroek Block resources jump to 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent – Hess

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Hess Corporation, a 30 percent stakeholder at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, said on Wednesday that the estimated gross discovered recoverable resources have been updated to approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) on the block. In releasing its...
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Stabroek Block flaring 17 times lower than global average

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According to the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report released in July this year, the global average for flaring stands at 8.49 billion cubic meters as of 2019. Russia, Iraq, the United States, Iran and Venezuela are the top five countries...
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Natural gas makes up around 20% of Stabroek Block discoveries – Alistair Routledge

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President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, said on Wednesday approximately 20 percent of the more than 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources found so far at the prolific Stabroek Block, is natural gas. “You'll be familiar with the 8 billion oil equivalent barrels of...
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New study reaffirms Stabroek block’s fiscal terms in line with countries sharing similar characteristics

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In its most recent report on Guyana, oil and gas industry analyst Wood Mackenzie says the Stabroek block fiscal terms ranks well compared to several other countries with similar circumstances regarding indicators such as State share, payback period and...
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Stabroek block consortium looking to move forward expeditiously with Payara once Guyana elections impasse is resolved

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The Stabroek block consortium is looking to move ahead expeditiously with the third development offshore Guyana at Payara once the elections impasse in the South American country is resolved and final approval granted for the project. Speaking on its Q2...
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75% of Stabroek block expected resources still to be developed – WoodMac

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The volume of revenue flows to Guyana and the Stabroek block consortium is dependent on the timely development of oil resources, 75% of which is still to be developed with the Payara project accounting for 16%. The findings of a...
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Improvements in infrastructure, productivity pushing Guyana’s non-oil GDP – IMF

Guyana’s oil sector is projected to account for a slightly smaller share of the country’s economy in 2025 for...

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