据OilNOW网站2月10日消息 圭亚那目前由美国石油巨头埃克森美孚开发的巨大海上油田的产量尚未触及表面。事实上，在Stabroek区块迄今发现的100多亿桶油当量中，只有不到20亿桶被批准用于开发，Liza 1、2和Yellowtail油田的第四个项目Payara将于本季度获得当局批准。

但即使这是迄今为止最大的项目获得批准，仍将有超过70亿桶的石油资源可供开发，而且随着更多的发现，这将增加。

总部位于挪威的雷斯塔能源表示：“Stabroek区块取得了前所未有的成功，在短短五年内，就将这个曾经的前沿盆地变成了勘探的温床。在此期间，勘探商在选择勘探前景时变得更加挑剔，更加注重成功机会、产能和成本，这些因素都有利于新兴盆地成为全球勘探和开发的核心区域。”

这家能源研究和商业智能公司表示，Stabroek勘探发现的竞争力使埃克森美孚得以快速发展，从2019年12月标志性的Liza一期项目开始。

2022年上半年，Liza第二阶段的产量将增加，随后是Payara/Pacora，SBM离岸公司目前正在新加坡为其建造一艘浮式生产储油卸油（FPSO）船。

Yellowtail项目的FPSO也正在进行前端工程和设计工作，预计该项目将于今年获得批准，并于2025-26年开始生产。

埃克森美孚多产的Stabroek区块目前有超过25处发现，累计可采资源量超过100亿桶石油。

吴恒磊 编译自 OilNOW

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Guyana oil production to peak in 2035, continue up until 2050

Guyana has not yet scratched the surface when it comes to output at its vast offshore oilfields now under development by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil. In fact, of the more than 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent discovered so far at the Stabroek Block, less than 2 billion have been approved for development – Liza 1, 2 and Payara – with a fourth project at Yellowtail pending the greenlight from authorities this quarter.

But even when this, the largest project to date is approved, well over 7 billion barrels of oil resources will still remain in place for development, and this will increase as more discoveries are made.

“The unparalleled success of the Stabroek block has turned the once frontier basin into a hotbed of exploration in just five years,” Norway-based Rystad Energy said. “During this period, explorers have become pickier when choosing exploration prospects with a stronger focus on chance of success, deliverability and costs – factors that all favor the up-and-coming basin as a core area for exploration and development globally.”

The energy research and business intelligence company said the competitiveness of the Stabroek finds has enabled ExxonMobil to fast-track development, starting with its landmark Liza Phase 1 project in December 2019.

Output is set to ramp up with Liza phase 2 during the first half of 2022, followed by Payara/Pacora, for which a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is currently being constructed by SBM Offshore in Singapore.

Front-end engineering and design work is also being undertaken for an FPSO for the Yellowtail project, which is expected to be approved this year and start producing by 2025-26.

ExxonMobil’s prolific Stabroek block now holds over 25 discoveries, with cumulative recoverable resources of over 10 billion barrels of oil.