ExxonMobil secures new exploration permit

(Kaieteur News) – Amid growing concern over the secrecy in new oil discoveries made in Guyana by ExxonMobil, the operator of the Stabroek Block has secured a new exploration Permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Permit, dated 23rd September, 2026 allows the American oil major to undertake Offshore Petroleum Exploration Drilling of the Jacunda-1 Well, the twenty-second Well under the 35 Multi-Well Programme, within the Stabroek Block Prospecting Licenses Area.

According to the document reviewed by this publication, Exxon’s Permit for the Jacunda-1 well will be effective for a period of five years, from 23rd September, 2026 through 22nd September, 2031.