Payara Oil and Gas Field (Guyana)

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Payara Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Guyana.

Along with Pacora Oil and Gas Field (Guyana), Payara Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Payara-Pacora complex.

Payara Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Prosperity.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Payara 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
Payara	Operating	ExxonMobil	ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)	2017	2020	2023	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Payara Oil and Gas Field

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

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	Resources	22313.46	million m³	2021	​
hydrocarbons	resources	600	million boe	2024	​
liquids	Resources	563	million bbl	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Payara Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	hydrocarbons	80.3	million boe/y	2024
production design capacity	hydrocarbons	80.3	million boe/y	2020
production design capacity	hydrocarbons	80.3	million boe/y	2023
production design capacity	oil	226.3	million bbl/y	2028

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Payara Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stabroek Block	Offshore, Guyana	Offshore	8.2836, -56.9535 (exact)

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

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