ExxonMobil Applies for Exploration Permit Offshore Guyana

(Credit: ExxonMobil)

U.S. oil and gas major Exxon Mobil has applied for environmental authorization for a 35-well exploration campaign in Stabroek block, some 120 miles (193 km) off Guyana's Atlantic coastline, according to environmental regulator EPA.

The campaign is expected to run from 2028 through 2033, according to a project summary published by the EPA dated June 14.

(Reuters - Reporting by Kemol King in Georgetown, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)