ExxonMobil announced a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals.
Hess Corporation: Hess Announces Discovery at Longtail-3, Offshore Guyana
Adds to previous recoverable resource estimate of approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent
Mako-2 appraisal well results, together with the previously announced Uaru-2 discovery, give line of sight to a potential fifth FPSO on the Stabroek Block
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced a discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-3 well on the Stabroek Block. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals. The well is located approximately two miles (3.5 kilometers) south of the Longtail-1 well. It was drilled in more than 6,100 feet (1,860 meters) of water by the Stena DrillMAX. The Longtail-1 discovery on the Stabroek Block was drilled in 2018, encountering approximately 256 feet (78 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir.
ExxonMobil Announces New Discovery Offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil announced a new discovery today at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
The “Longtail-3” well was drilled by the Stena DrillMAX drillship in water of more than 6,100 feet deep. The company said drilling encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified and high-quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original “Longtail-1” discovery, located about two miles to the north.
Stena DrillMAX is one of two drillships ExxonMobil added to the area in the first quarter of 2021 (the other being the Noble Sam Croft), bringing its total to six drillships now operating in Guyana in support of the company’s 15-well campaign at the Stabroek block.