The drillship Stena Carron has completed appraisal drilling at Yellowtail-2 offshore Guyana.

(Courtesy Stena Drilling)

Offshore staff

NEW YORK Two contracted drillships have resumed operations on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, according to partner Hess.

Operator ExxonMobil had temporarily halted operations due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions in Guyana.

Recently the Stena Carron completed appraisal drilling at Yellowtail-2, 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of the Yellowtail-1 discovery.

The well identified two additional good-quality reservoirs, one adjacent to, and the other below the Yellowtail field. The partners are assessing this additional resource to help support a possible future development.

Discoveries offshore Guyana.(Map courtesy Hess)

Earlier this month Noble Don Taylor spudded the Redtail exploration well, 1.25 mi (2 mi) northwest of Yellowtail-1. Two more drillships, the Noble Bob Douglas and Noble Tom Madden, are drilling and completing the Liza Phase 1 and Phase 2 development wells elsewhere on the block.

07/29/2020

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