据OE网站8月21日报道，根据南美国家圭亚那公布的一份文件，埃克森美孚公司及其合作伙伴计划斥资129.3亿美元开发其在圭亚那的第六个海上石油项目。
Whiptail项目的浮式生产平台将于2027年开始运营，届时埃克森牵头的财团在圭亚那的石油日产量将超过120万桶。
圭亚那已成为十年来世界上增长最快的新石油区域，发现了超过110亿桶油气。埃克森美孚及其合作伙伴赫斯公司（Hess Corp）等目前每天从两艘船舶上生产40万桶石油，他们可以开发多达10个海上项目。
他们的生产为圭亚那带来了28亿美元的直接收入，并为约4400名圭亚那人提供了工作。
该国政府周一公布的《环境影响分析》中概述的Whippail项目与埃克森美孚的第五个项目Uaru类似，日产量为25万桶，产量上限为26.3万桶。今年早些时候，埃克森、赫斯等承诺斥资127亿美元收购Uaru。
该文件称，该项目不打算生产天然气，因为研究表明，天然气的减少都会导致石油采收率下降。
合作伙伴计划从2024年末到2030年年中钻探多达72口井。据埃克森表示，海底组件的安装将于2025年下半年或2026年初开始。
埃克森美孚在提交给圭亚那环境保护局(EPA)的文件中表示，该项目预计在钻井和安装阶段雇用540人，在生产作业期间雇用100至180人。
郝芬 译自 OE网站
原文如下：
Exxon Proposes Sixth Oil Project in Guyana for $12.9 Billion
Exxon Mobil Corp and partners plan to spend $12.93 billion to develop their sixth offshore oil project in Guyana, according to a filing published on Monday by the South American country.
The floating production platform for the so-called Whiptail project would start operations in 2027 and bring the Exxon-led consortium's oil output in Guyana over 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd).
Guyana has emerged as the world's fastest-growing new oil province in a decade with discoveries of more than 11 billion barrels of oil and gas. Exxon and partners Hess Corp Ltd now produce 400,000 bpd from two vessels and have said they could develop up to 10 offshore projects.
Their production has brought $2.8 billion in direct revenue to Guyana and led to work for some 4,400 Guyanese.
The Whiptail project outlined in the Environmental Impact Analysis made public on Monday by the government is similar to Exxon's fifth project - Uaru - with output of 250,000 bpd and an upper production limit of 263,000 bpd. Exxon, Hess committed to spending $12.7 billion for Uaru earlier this year.
The project does not plan to produce natural gas because studies indicated that any reduction in injected gas would result in reduced oil recovery, the filing said.
The partners plan to drill up to 72 wells with development drilling scheduled from late 2024 through mid-2030. Installation of subsea components would begin in the second half of 2025 or early 2026, according to Exxon.
The project is expected to employ up 540 people during the drilling and installation stage and from 100 to 180 people during production operations, Exxon said in the document to Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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