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.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Yellowtail In development[1] ExxonMobil[2] ExxonMobil (45.0%); Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (30.0%); CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (25.0%)[2] 2019[3] 2022[4] 2025 (expected)[5][6]

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 Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
gas Resources 23502.76 million m³ 2021 [7]
liquids Resources 588 million bbl 2021 [7]
oil reserves 900 million bbl 2022 [8]

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 [4]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stabroek Block[3] Offshore, Guyana[9] 7.9949, -56.7079 (exact)[9]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. David Tong, Romain Ioualalen (44866). "Investing in Disaster" (PDF). Oil Change International. Retrieved 45012. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: save command (help); Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230519133526/https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/locations/guyana. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230216142708/https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/locations/guyana/guyana-project-overview. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230216142722/https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/newsroom/news-releases/2022/0404_exxonmobil-makes-final-investment-decision-on-fourth-guyana-offshore-project. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218020709/https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/060921-exxonmobil-announces-new-discovery-offshore-guyana-at-longtail-3. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511204849/https://www.offshore-mag.com/field-development/article/14293052/offshore-guyana-partners-commit-to-uara-project. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Andrew Latham (2021) Giant fields of the decade: 2010–2020 . Report.
  8. https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-releases/2022/0404_exxonmobil-makes-final-investment-decision-on-fourth-guyana-offshore-project. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230307040822/https://oilnow.gy/featured/exxonmobil-set-to-spud-liza-look-alike-in-first-campaign-at-guyanas-canje-block/. Archived from the original on 07 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)