... an effective, economic, and sustainable plan for managing the water life cycle. Just in the past several months in the Gulf of Mexico, we have seen the commencement of several high-profile waterflood projects by major regional operators. This comes on the heels of the most recent action taken by the US...

...Chris Carpenter _ This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 218794, “Multifaceted Smart Completion Application: A Gulf of Mexico Case Study,” by Jeffrey P. Manning, Ben J. Carter, SPE, and Leila Bannister, Occidental Petroleum, et al. The paper...

..., from lower-pressure reservoirs to high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) reservoirs, and beyond known hydrocarbon areas like the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) into frontier regions, like Guyana. Brent Gros, vice president of Chevron’s GOM business unit, told JPT there is a stark difference between the GOM...

...Blake Wright Atlantic hurricane season poses an annual threat to the billions of dollars of oil and gas hardware pumping hydrocarbons from the depths of the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The region’s offshore production amounts to about 1.8 million B/D—roughly 14% of the total crude output in the US...

...” in some of the deepest wells ever drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Only a handful of operators can claim to have any experience in this area, but with more looking to follow suit the profile of US Gulf production may soon look a lot different. A separate study by Enverus Intelligence Research highlights...

...Chris Carpenter _ This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 216098, “Revolutionizing Sustainability: Achieving Net-Zero Emissions With Lean Gas-Flare-Tip Technology Breakthrough in the Gulf of Thailand,” by Nunthachai Amarutanon, Boonyakorn...

... and building the energy system of the future. He added that Shell strongly supports lease sales as an essential avenue for expanding the supply of secure and lower-carbon barrels in the US Gulf of Mexico. It s just absolutely vital. As an energy professional and an American, I can say it s essential. We...

...Graham Collier Today, if one looks out at the vast offshore oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, the North Sea, West Africa, and the Arabian Gulf, it is hard to imagine that, at some point, all that mass oil and gas production for our energy and transport needs will come to an end...

...Blake Wright Tipping the scales at well over 60,000 tons, BP’s Argos platform is a giant among giants in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Standing 27 stories tall, the platform has a deck the length and width of an American football field and is one of BP’s largest in the region. One-time KBR...

...Chris Carpenter _ This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper OTC 31940, “Repurposing Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Facilities for the Blue Economy,” by Roy Robinson, SPE, Excipio Energy; Georg Englemann, Diamond Infrastructure Development; and Kent...

...Jennifer Presley _ Offshore wind farms could in the next decade find a home in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), more than 8 decades after the first oil flowed from its first offshore field. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in July identified the first two draft wind energy areas (WEAs)—one off...

... of the industry to become everything from early warning radar stations for the US military (see the SBX-1) to potential offshore launch pads for Elon Musk’s SpaceX program and beyond. Many offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) either find their way to the scrap yard or into the rigs-to-reefs program...

... to disconnect its mooring and depart the area to avoid winter storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring system was developed by MODEC subsidiary SOFEC Inc. The mooring jacket was fabricated in Altamira, Mexico. Eni Starts Production from Ndungu EP Development Italy’s Eni has started production...

...Blake Wright In early February, TotalEnergies revealed its plans to withdraw from the North Platte deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Given the historically inviting and economically competitive US offshore when it comes to oil and gas development, word of the French producer’s...

... ExxonMobil and Rosneft’s extensive use of ERD in developing Arctic resources offshore Sakhalin Island, and how ERD is becoming more widely used in regions as diverse as the Gulf of Thailand, off-shore Brazil, and the Arab Gulf. By definition, an extended-reach well (ERW) is one in which the ratio...

...Judy Feder This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Judy Feder, contains highlights of paper OTC 30558, “Development and Implementation of Heavy-Wall, High-Strength, Sour-Service Accessory and Risers for HP/HT Application in the Gulf of Mexico,” by Carine Landier, Jonathas Oliveira...

... deepwater development exit point fpso platform riser scr gulf crucial role installation dry-tree solution 76 JPT SEPTEMBER 2020 The spar is the only successful dry-tree solution for deepwater production that can operate successfully in the deepest fields and the most severe environments. Its...

... of being able to develop HP/HT resources efficiently are just too attractive to ignore. So, we can enjoy some major developments on the project and technical side in the past year, and the highlights are offshore. Let us look at the Gulf of Mexico, which has moved from being just a pioneering area...

... centers and 17 wells, of which eight are production wells, six water injection wells, and three gas injection wells. • Hess To Tie Back Deepwater US Gulf Oil Discovery Hess will tie back its Esox-1 oil discovery in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico to its Tubular Bells facilities and begin production...

... 1 million B/D. Exports of unconventional crude from the Permian, Bakken, Niobrara, and Eagle Ford joined output from Gulf of Mexico fields such as Mars and Thunderhorse headed abroad. The impact on trade flows has been significant. Just a few years ago, Nigeria sold the US more than 1 million B/D...