Exxon begins drilling for oil in another block

ExxonMobil has started drilling operations at the Bulletwood-1 well site in the controversial offshore Canje block.

“The first well in the Canje block, Bulletwood-1 was spudded at the end of last month by the Stena Carron. We expect to be on location for several weeks,” ExxonMobil’s Public Affairs Advisor Janelle Persaud told Stabroek News on Tuesday. No further information was provided.

ExxonMobil had said that it has some three wells scheduled to be drilled in the Canje block.