Marlin Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Plains Exploration & Production Company
- Country: USA
- Location: Viosca Knoll Blocks 871 & 915, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 1999
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Marlin Hub consists of the Marlin Tension Leg Platform (TLP), the Marlin wells, and three subsea fields tied back to the platform – Nile (Viosca Knoll Block 914), King and Dorado Oil Field.
- This floating production platform is tethered by tendons (tension legs) to the sea bed at a depth of 972 meters (3,240 feet)
- Dorado comprises three subsea wells located about two miles from the Marlin TLP
- King South comprises a single subsea well located about 18 miles from the Marlin TLP
- Gas is transported on the Destin Gas Pipeline
Contractors
- ABB: Engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the TLP production facility and its associated pipelines
- J P Kenny: Specification and procurement of subsea equipment
History
- 1993 - Marlin Oil Field discovered
- 1997 - Nile field discovered
- 1997 - ABB awarded TLP contract
- 1999 - The Marlin field came on stream
- 2001 - The Nile field started production
- 2009 - First oil produced from Dorado & South King
- 2010 - BP acquired Shell's stake in the field
- 2012 - Plains Exploration and Production acquires a share from BP
Geology
Links
- Marlin, BP
- Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- J P Kenny Subsea References
- ABB to supply worlds first turnkey deepwater tension leg oil and gas platform
- W&T Offshore to Acquire Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore Inc.
- W&T Offshore Provides Update Regarding Its Acquisition of Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore
- BP to Sell Non-Strategic US Gulf Of Mexico Assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company
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