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Arctic leadership
ExxonMobil is a global company, with operations on six continents and in nearly every country. We are the world's largest non-government producer of oil and gas. Our Arctic leadership is based on more than 80 years of experience in this environment, more than any other major oil and gas company. We also have a sustained commitment to Arctic technology research and development of more than 35 years, and the industry's only dedicated, in-house oil spill response research program.
Norman Wells, located in the Canadian Northwest Territories 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) north of Edmonton, has been operated by ExxonMobil affiliate Imperial Oil Limited since continuous production began in 1932.
Granite Point field, located in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, began production less than two years after ExxonMobil discovered it in 1965.
Exploration activities in the Beaufort Sea are challenged by a short, open water season and multi-year ice. Multi-year ice has survived at least one melt season, may be much thicker than first-year ice, and typically continues to grow over time.
ExxonMobil’s Arctic research program has included significant work to characterize the hazards associated with icebergs.
The Hibernia oil field, with between 1 billion and 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable resource, is operated by the Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC).
ExxonMobil has a portfolio of significant Arctic opportunities, with ongoing studies spanning the range of exploration, project feasibility assessment and planning, and technology development.
