Exxon to ramp up output to 400,000 bpd

Liam Mallon

Currently producing a total of 380,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from the Liza Destiny and Lisa Unity FPSOs in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil plans to optimise operations and further ramp up production to 400,000 bpd, some 60,000 bpd more than originally planned, the  company’s Vice President (Upstream), Liam Mallon, yesterday announced.

“We have two state-of-the-art floating production storage vessels, the Des-tiny and Unity, producing 380,000 barrels per day with exceptional safety and reliability. By the way, that is 40,000 bpd above the designed capacity,” Mallon disclosed during an address on the first day of the Guyana Energy Con-ference, currently being held at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown.

“With further de-bottlenecking, we think we can reach 400,000 barrels per day here, in the foreseeable future,” The added.