Yellowtail Oil and Gas Field (Guyana)

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

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

Yellowtail Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as One Guyana.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Yellowtail 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
Yellowtail	In development	ExxonMobil	ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)	2019	2022	2025 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yellowtail 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	23502.76	million m³	2021	​
liquids	Resources	588	million bbl	2021	​
oil	reserves	900	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Yellowtail 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	2025

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stabroek Block	Offshore, Guyana	Offshore	7.9949, -56.7079 (exact)

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

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