ExxonMobil ramps up preparations for possible 2018 operation"According to Upstreamonline.com, reporting on ExxonMobils plans, yesterday said that this early production system could be the forerunner of a full-field project, tentatively based on a larger FPSO with capacity in the range of 150,000 to 200,000 barrels per day (bpd). However, industry sources cautioned that the US Company has not yet taken definite decisions on its preferred strategy for Liza, and that how it will move to full field development is not yet clear. Nevertheless, ExxonMobil, is said to be enthused by the potential of Liza, a play-opening frontier wildcat which was completed in May. Its a huge field, said one source, adding that ExxonMobil thinks that this area could be a second Angola.