Cascade Chinook Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Petrobras
- Country: USA
- Location: Walker Ridge Blocks 206 & 469, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2012
- Partners:
- Cascade - Petrobras - 100.00%
- Chinook - Petrobras (66.67%) and Total (33.33%)
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Cascade-Chinook oil and natural gas project, located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf, approximately 165 miles offshore Louisiana in 8,200 feet of water
- The field utilises the BW Pioneer FPSO
- The FPSO has a capacity to process 80,000 barrels of oil and 500,000 cubic meters of gas per day.
- Gas is transported via the Discovery Gas Pipeline System
Contractors
- BW Offshore: Provision of FPSO
- Technip:
- Engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of five free standing hybrid riser systems
- Installation of the Cascade infield flowlines and gas export pipeline
- First Subsea: Supply of mooring connections for a disconnectable Submerged Turret Production (STP) Buoy
History
- 2002 - Cascade field discovered
- 2003 - Chinook field discovered
- 2006 - Devon Energy acquired BHP Billiton's stake
- 2009 - First Subsea awarded contract to supply FPSO mooring connections
- 2011 - BOEMRE Approves use of BW Pioneer FPSO
- 2012 - First oil produced
- 2014 - Daily production reached 40,000 bpd
Geology
Links
- Gulf Of Mexico Discoveries In Water Depths Greater Than 5000
- Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Devon Energy Increases Share of Lower Tertiary Cascade Unit; First Production Expected in 2009
- Technip awarded two contracts for ultra deepwater developments in the Gulf of Mexico
- BOEMRE Approves First-Ever Use of Deepwater Floating Production Storage Offloading Facility in Gulf of Mexico
- First Subsea to moor Chinook Cascade FPSO STP Buoy
- BW Offshore: First oil on BW Pioneer
- Record of 40,000 bpd from Cascade and Chinook
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