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ExxonMobil testing gas compressor unit

on Liza Destiny FPSO offshore Guyana

EXXONMOBIL Guyana, a subsidiary of representatives have said they expect the FPSO
US-based ExxonMobil, has begun testing the to resume normal commercial operations before
flash gas compressor (FGC) on the Liza Destiny, the end of April.
the floating production, storage and off-loading Gas leaks have been a recurring problem at
(FPSO) vessel that is being used to develop the Liza-1. They disrupted production last year and
Liza-1 oilfield offshore Guyana before the end did so again earlier in 2021, forcing ExxonMobil
of the week. Guyana to reduce production and increase the
In a statement dated April 7, ExxonMobil flaring of associated gas.
Guyana said it had finished re-installing the Liza-1 is one of 18 oilfields that ExxonMobil
compressor unit and had now begun a three- and its partners China National Offshore Oil
phase testing programme. This purpose of this Corp. (CNOOC) and Hess (US) have discov-
programme is to monitor the performance of ered at the offshore Stabroek block. The licence
the system, it explained. area is believed to hold more than 9bn barrels
The first two phases of the programme have of oil equivalent (boe) in recoverable reserves.
already been completed within the last week, Liza-1 came on stream in December 2019, and
the company added. These phases allowed for Liza-2, which will be developed by another
verification of the effectiveness of modifications FPSO called the Liza Unity, is slated to follow
made to equipment and control system logic, it suit in 2022. ExxonMobil aims to begun pro-
noted. “Pilot level flare was attained during the duction at Payara, a third section of Stabroek,
testing and a significant volume of process and in 2024. ™
mechanical data collected,” the statement said.
ExxonMobil Guyana’s next step will be to
remove temporary instrumentation. Once this
task is completed, the statement noted, the com-
pany will be able to launch the third phase of
testing, which “involves monitoring the perfor-
mance of the machine closely in normal, steady-
state operation.”
Janelle Persaud, ExxonMobil Guyana’s pub-
lic and government affairs advisor, said that the
company would continue to inform Guyanese
authorities about the progress of its effort to
resume normal operations at the FPSO.
The ExxonMobil subsidiary began the
repair job after discovering a compressor leak
on the Liza Destiny in late January. Company The Liza Destiny FPSO is installed at the Liza-1 oilfield (Image: ExxonMobil)

BRAZIL
Petrobras strikes deal with BP on transfer

of stakes in six Foz do Amazonas blocks

BRAZIL’S national oil company (NOC) Petro- provided for it to “take over BP’s entire stakes
bras has arranged to take control of six offshore in six blocks ... in a high-potential exploratory
blocks in the Foz do Amazonas basin from a frontier on the Brazilian equatorial margin.”
subsidiary of BP (UK). The company named the blocks as FZA-M-
In a statement dated April 6, Petrobras 57, FZA-M-59, FZA-M-86, FZA-M-88, FZA-
explained that it had signed agreements that M-125 and FZA-M-127.

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