Whiptail Oil and Gas Field (Guyana)

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Whiptail	Discovered	ExxonMobil	ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)	2021	2024 (expected)	2027 (expected)

Location

Table 2: field-level location details for Whiptail Oil and Gas Field

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

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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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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