Exxon Mobil makes new oil discovery offshore Guyana

Reuters

Published Apr 18, 2019 05:02PM ET

Exxon Mobil makes new oil discovery offshore Guyana

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) said on Thursday the U.S. oil major along with its partners have made an oil discovery offshore Guyana, which adds to the previously estimated 5.5 billion barrels of oil-equivalent.

The discovery was in the Turbot area of Stabroek Block, which is expected to become a major development hub, Exxon said.

This is the thirteenth discovery on the block, which is part of one of the biggest oil discoveries in the world in the last decade.