Achieve first production from Liza Phase 1

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 25 Apr 2018
Due: 31 Dec 2020
Delivered: December 2019

Deadline
Met
Late
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Today

What the company said

“first production is expected by 2020.”

SourceHess Corporation Form 8-K press release, 2018-04-25
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedby 2020
Deadline used31 Dec 2020, the last day of the stated period
TypeProject
Permanent referenceKI-C-2018-C004447-017526
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2018-C004447-017526/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Hess Corporation achieved first production from the Liza Phase 1 development in December 2019, which is within the 2020 deadline.

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Hess Corporation 10-K filed 2021-03-01 Regulatory filing · published 1 Mar 2021 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint e6c01dcf786e
“The Liza Phase 1 development achieved first production in December 2019” ✓ confirmed on the page

Checked 20 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

1 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 25 Apr 2018

Deadline 31 Dec 2020 (“by 2020”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 31 Jul 2019

Deadline 31 Mar 2020 (“by the first quarter of 2020”) · wording expected

“first oil from Liza Phase 1 is expected by the first quarter of 2020”
Source for this version
Version 3 · stated 31 Jul 2019

Deadline 30 Jun 2022 (“by mid-2022”) · target 220,000 bopd · wording expected

“Phase 2 will utilize the Liza Unity FPSO, which will have a capacity to produce up to 220,000 gross bopd with first oil expected by mid-2022”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Project other
Indicative materiality: Low rules
Action: Achieve
Deliverable: Liza Phase 1 production
Where: Guyana
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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