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The Liza1 team Kerry Moreland, Guyana basin project manager.

fromGeorgetown and Trinidad to bring food, equipment and sup- plies to crews. With support from the Guyanese government, company teams mobilized this seismic program in about six weeks after the discovery, an extraordinary achievement. The Deepwater Champion finished drilling and moved off location June 20, and by mid-July all permits were in place and the seismic vessels began acquiring data. In Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, there’s excitement and anticipation for what the discovery could ultimately mean for the country’s future. Guy- ana’s Minister for Governance and Spokesman for Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says that he and the other leaders of

Scott Dyksterhuis, lead Liza geoscientist. Randy Perkey, lead block geoscientist. Lisa Roehl, project manager during Liza’s drilling. Brooke Harris, commercial advisor. Linda Price, regional geoscientist. Liza1overview Discovery is in a challenging frontier, unproven basin. Stabroek block is 6.6 million acres. Water depth at the Liza 1 well is 5,719 feet. Total well depth is 17,825 feet. Reservoir found in sandstone is from the Upper Cretaceous period (~70 million years old).

Scott Dyksterhuis (left), Kerry Moreland and Randy Perkey recap the drilling of the Liza 1 discovery well.

his nation view Liza as more than simply a discovery of oil. “For many generations, we have always believed in the po- tential for the discovery of oil off our shores, and in our sovereign right to produce that oil,” he says. “By the same token, the Liza discovery has coincided with the election of a new government in Guyana and the upcoming 50- year anniversary of our country’s independence. So we are viewing this in more than simply econom- ic terms: it has imbued a sense of responsibility, and a new spirit of hope and pride in our nation.” Trotman goes on to say that

Guyana Minister for Governance and Spokesman for Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says the Liza 1 discovery has brought a new spirit of hope and pride to his country.