Whiptail Oil and Gas Field (Guyana)

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Whiptail Oil and Gas Field is an in development oil and gas field in Guyana.

Along with Pinktail Oil and Gas Field (Guyana), Whiptail Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Whiptail complex.

Whiptail Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Jaguar.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Whiptail 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
Whiptail	In development	ExxonMobil	ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)	2021	2024	2027 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Whiptail Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	resources	315	million boe	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Whiptail Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	91.25	million bbl/y	2027

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stabroek Block	Offshore, Guyana	Offshore	7.8837, -56.748 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Whiptail complex:

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Background

In its 2023 annual report, ExxonMobil stated "We are working with the government of Guyana to secure regulatory approvals for a sixth project at Whiptail."

The project has a price tag of $12.7 billion and "will include up to 10 drill centers with 48 production and injection wells."

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Additional Data

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