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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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