GEORGETOWN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The fourth floating
production facility to be operated by a consortium led by Exxon
Mobil ( XOM ) in Guyana has departed from Singapore on its route
to the South American country's waters, according to a company
executive and LSEG vessel tracking data seen on Tuesday.
Once the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO)
vessel is installed, the consortium plans to boost output
capacity to 940,000 barrels per day (bpd) later this year. The
group produced an average of 616,000 bpd last year after
upgrades at two of its three facilities.
The fourth FPSO, One Guyana, was built by SBM Offshore
with a 250,000-bpd output capacity. Two more vessels
are expected to arrive in Guyana in the coming two years.
"I'm very pleased to announce (that it) just left Singapore
today on its way home to Guyana," said Hunter Farris, Exxon's
Vice President for Deepwater, at Guyana's Energy Conference in
Georgetown.
The floating facility began moving on Tuesday on its way
from Singapore through the Malacca Strait, vessel tracking data
showed.