The Pacora-1 well is located approximately four miles west of the Payara-1 well, and follows previous discoveries on the
Stabroek Block at Liza, Payara, Liza Deep, Snoek, Turbot and Ranger.
Hess Corporation has unveiled positive results from the Ranger-1 exploration well, which is the sixth significant oil discovery on the
Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, since 2015.
The contract is for the conversion of a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) into an FPSO, which upon completion, will be deployed to the Liza field, located approximately 193km offshore Guyana in the
Stabroek block.
6 million-acre
Stabroek Block had been drilled 22 times before by other companies since 1970 without any commercial results, but on the morning of May 6, 2016, it became clear to the ExxonMobil drilling team, that they had come across a major find.
Tras barrer el bloque
Stabroek, la empresa confirmo el tamano significativo de un nuevo pozo, Liza-2.
M2 EQUITYBITES-January 13, 2017-ExxonMobil intercepts oil at
Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana
Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Guyana, Belize, Jamaica and Suriname have, in their own ways, and, at different times, rejected entirely or partially the US TIP narrative and the tier placement of their countries, claiming that the report was "unfounded," "utterly unfair," and "one-sided," or involved "misinterpretations" and inaccuracies; that the criteria used were not clear, or that there were considerable differences in how country information was represented (Caribbean 360 19 June 2009;
Stabroek News 15 June 2010; IWN 26 June 2014; Jamaica Information Service July 28, 2015; Starnieuws 29 July 2015; 7 News Belize 29 July 2015).
49) Christopher Carrico, History This Week: A Struggle on Two Fronts: Against Reactionaries and Against Imperialists,
STABROEK NEWS (Sept.
ExxonMobil's discovery in the offshore
Stabroek block has been followed by a raft of new agreements signed by the Guyanese government and interested companies.
70] "El Salvador Congress approves tax package to fight violent crime",
Stabroek News, 31 October 2015, http://www.
Regional Heads Concerned over Link between CCJ Trust Fund and TCL,
STABROEK News (Guyana) (Oct.
7) "CANU sources have told
Stabroek News that when questioned the owner of Aroaima Forest Producers Association (AFPA), which according to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) was the company for which it cleared the logs that were in the container with the cocaine, revealed that he has allowed the Chinese national, who is connected to a well-known restaurant, to use his permit to export timber to China" (
Stabroek News 2011a).
