Exxon Plans New Guyana Oil Project to Lift Output Into 2030s

  • Hammerhead to up daily output capacity to 1.5 million barrels
  • Project is smaller than others, tailored to specific resource

The ExxonMobil Guyana offices in Georgetown, Guyana.

Photographer: Jose A. Alvardo Jr./Bloomberg
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Exxon Mobil Corp. took the first step toward its seventh oil project in Guyana, a clear signal the supermajor intends to expand crude output from the South American nation into the next decade.

The Hammerhead project will pump as much as 180,000 barrels a day as soon as 2029, pending Guyanese government approval, Exxon country manager Alistair Routledge said in an interview.