Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. (EEPGL), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has let a contract to Saipem SPA for the Yellowtail development project in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana.
The contract relates to engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF).
Yellowtail is a greenfield development project encompassing subsea drilling centers (each equipped with separate oil production, water injection, and gas injection wells) linked to a new FPSO (OGJ Online, Nov. 17, 2021).
Yellowtail-1 was the fifth discovery in the Turbot area that includes Tilapia, Turbot, Longtail, and Pluma discoveries. It is expected to become a major development hub (OGJ Online, Apr. 18, 2019). The well encountered 292 ft of oil-bearing sandstone reservoir and was drilled to 18,445 ft in 6,046 ft of water.
Saipem’s flagship vessel FDS2 will conduct offshore operations while Saipem’s fabrication facility in Guyana will build deepwater structural elements.
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Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).