Begin production at the Payara development
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 25 Apr 2019
- Due
- 31 Dec 2023
- Delivered
- November 2023
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The operator expects a third development, Payara, to be sanctioned late in 2019 with first production expected in 2023.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Hess Corporation successfully began production at the Payara development in November 2023, meeting its commitment to start production within the 2023 calendar year.
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A Hess Corporation 10-K filed 2024-02-26
“startup of production from the Payara Field development in November 2023” ✓ 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.
- Scope drift 0.0%
- Language weakened: expected → aspirational
- 4 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 25 Apr 2019
Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“in 2023”) · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 30 Oct 2019
Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“2023”) · target 220,000 bopd · wording expected
“Pending government approvals, a third development, Payara, is expected to produce up to 220,000 bopd with startup in 2023.”
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Version 3 · stated 27 Jul 2022
Deadline 31 Dec 2025 (“2025”) · target 250,000 bopd · wording expected
“The fourth development, Yellowtail, was sanctioned in April and will utilize the ONE GUYANA FPSO with an expected capacity of approximately 250,000 gross bopd, with first production expected in 2025.”
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Version 4 · stated 26 Apr 2023
Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“early in the fourth quarter”) · target 220,000 bopd · wording aspirational
“The third development, Payara, which will utilize the Prosperity FPSO with a production capacity of approximately 220,000 gross bopd, is targeted for startup early in the fourth quarter.”
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Begin
- Deliverable
- Payara development
- Where
- Guyana
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- Medium
- Depends on
- Partner
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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