WITH its operations rapidly expanding in Guyana, ExxonMobil is seeking to establish agreements for the provision of general and emergency medical services in Regions Three and Four.

According to two public Requests For Information (RFI), Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), is looking for suppliers to provide those services within the regions and offshore Guyana.

Esso is ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, and the operator of the Stabroek Block offshore. There are currently two floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels— the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity— that are in operation.

Two new vessels are slated to be added to EEPGL’s operations: The Prosperity FPSO to service the Payara project and the ONE GUYANA vessel will be added for the Yellowtail development.

At a recent press conference, ExxonMobil Guyana President, Alistair Routledge, said ExxonMobil is seeking to broaden its horizons, as the company has signalled an interest in the upcoming bidding rounds for offshore areas.

He related that the company will examine the data the government has provided, along with other things before making the decision on its participation in the auction.

“… When we have all of that together, then we will be in a position to make a decision on whether or not we bid,” Routledge said.

The Stabroek Block is 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometers), with its gross recoverable resource now estimated to be more than 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels, including Liza and other successful exploration wells.

President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, last year, announced that the government hopes to award the contracts by the end of May. Guyana is among 65 countries that will be launching the auction of oil blocks.

The blocks being put up for auction range in acreage from 1,000 sq. km to 3,000 sq. km, with 11 in shallow water, and the other three in deep water.

The bidders will be evaluated on their work programmes, financial offers, and local-content commitments.

There won’t be any restrictions on the number of bids a company is allowed to submit, but a successful bidder will be limited to an award of no more than three blocks.