Perdido Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: USA
- Location: 320 km (200 miles) south of Freeport, Texas, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2010
- Partners: Shell (35%), Chevron (37.5%), and BP (27.5%)
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Moored in about 2,400 meters of water (8,000 feet), this record breaking Spar was the deepest spar production facility in the world and the first with Direct Vertical Access
- Shell’s concept for regional development includes a common processing hub in Alaminos Canyon Block 857 near the Great White discovery that incorporates drilling capability and functionality to gather, process and export production within a 30-mile radius of the facility.
- The development includes the Great White (Alaminos Canyon Blocks 812, 813, 857 & 901), Tobago (Alaminos Canyon Blocks 815 & 859) and Silvertip fields
Contractors
- Kiewit: Spar Construction
- Oceaneering: Hardware including 29 flowline and well jumper spools, a pipeline tie-in sled, and related products
- Technip:
- Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a Spar hull and mooring system
- Engineering and manufacture of a total of four dynamic umbilicals, three static umbilicals, two steel tube flying leads with associated topside and subsea hardware and a pre-production prototype length. Total umbilical length is approximately 53,466m
- FMC Technologies: 25 subsea trees pressure rated at 10,000 psi, five subsea caisson separation and boosting systems, two subsea manifolds and related controls and equipment
- Nexans: Umbilical Design Study
- Manatee: Subsea operating procedures, ROV tooling monitoring and testing, installation and commissioning planning
History
- 2002 - Great White field discovered
- 2004 - Tobago field discovered
- 2006 - Technip awarded Spar hull and mooring system contract
- 2010 - Shell starts production at Perdido
Geology
Links
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Nexans Norway Umbilical References
- International Protective Coatings Platform References
- Manatee Offshore References
- Technip sets world records for ultra-deep water pipeline installation
- Oceaneering Announces Shell Perdido Contract
- Technip awarded Spar hull and mooring contract for the Shell Perdido Regional Host Project in the Gulf of Mexico
- Shell starts production at Perdido - world’s deepest offshore drilling and production facility
- FMC Technologies' Subsea Equipment Sets Deepwater Completion Record 9,627 Feet Below Surface at Shell's Tobago Field
- Technip awarded umbilical contract by Shell for the record-breaking Perdido project in the Gulf of Mexico
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