Front Runner Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Murphy
- Country: USA
- Location: Green Canyon Blocks 338, 339 & 382, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2004
- Partners: Murphy - 37.5%, Eni - 37.5%, Statoil - 25%
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Front Runner development is located in 3,100 feet of water and consists of a truss spar facility capable of handling 60,000 barrels of crude oil and 110 million cubic feet of natural gas a day.
- The Spar is a hub for a number of satellite fields including Daniel Boone Oil Field and Clipper Oil and Gas Field
- Oil is exported via the Poseidon Oil Pipeline
Contractors
- J. Ray McDermott: Overall project management of the EPIC contract which included the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the offshore production facility
- Emerson: Spar - Engineering, Control System, Safety system
History
- 2001 - Front Runner Oil Field discovered
- 2002 - Project sanctioned
- 2004 - J. Ray McDermott Completes Front Runner Spar Project
- 2004 - First production
- 2005 - Norsk Hydro became a shareholder following the takeover of Spinnaker
- 2007 - Eni acquires a 37.5% stake from Dominion
Geology
Links
- Emerson FPSO References
- Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Spinnaker Exploration Company, Operations Update
- J. Ray McDermott Completes Front Runner Spar Project
- Murphy Announces First Production At Front Runner Field
- Enterprise Announces Receipt of New Production Into Poseidon Oil Pipeline System
- Acquisition of Spinnaker completed
- Eni completes the acquisition of Dominion's assets in the Gulf of Mexico
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