Longtail Oil and Gas Field (Guyana)

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Longtail Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in Guyana.

Along with Turbot Oil and Gas Field (Guyana) and Pluma Oil and Gas Field (Guyana), Longtail Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Longtail-Turbot complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Longtail Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Longtail	Discovered	ExxonMobil	ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)	2018	–	2025 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Longtail Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	Resources	21209.12	million m³	2021	​
liquids	Resources	567	million bbl	2021	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Longtail Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stabroek Block	Offshore, Guyana	Offshore	7.9302, -56.5831 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Longtail-Turbot complex:

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