ExxonMobil Makes 10th Discovery Off Guyana,Lifts Resource Estimate by Another Billion Barrels

摘要

ExxonMobil's Pluma-i well off Guyana encountered 37 m of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone reservoir,marking the firm's 10th discovery in South America's newest oil powerhouse.Located 27 km south of the Turbot-i discovery on the southeast portion of the 26,800-sq-km Stabroek Block,Pluma-i was drilled to 5,013 m in 1,018 m of water by the Noble Tom Madden drillship,which spudded the well 1 November.The major now estimates that its discovered recoverable resources for the block total 5 billion BOE,up 1 billion BOE from its previous estimate made over the summer,around the time that it announced its eighth discovery,Longtail,also on the southeast part of the block.Its ninth discovery came via the Hammerhead-l well to the west.