Swordfish Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Noble
- Country: USA
- Location: Viosca Knoll Blocks 917 , 961 & 962, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2006
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Swordfish development, located in the Gulf of Mexico in approximately 5,000 feet of water, is a multi-well tie back to a floating production spar
Contractors
- Oceaneering: High-pressure, steel tube umbilical totaling 14.5 miles
- Technip: Rigid oil and gas pipelines connecting the Swordfish field to the Neptune spar production platform
History
- 2001 - Swordfish discovered
- 2004 - Oceaneering awarded umbilical contract
- 2004 - Technip awarded pipelines contract
- 2004 - Noble Energy acquires BP's 50% stake, becoming a 60% shareholder in the project
- 2006 - Production started
Geology
Links
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Oceaneering Announces Swordfish Umbilical Contract
- Noble Energy Increases Stake in Swordfish Development in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
- Technip awarded installatin of Swordfish pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico
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