Gulf of Mexico upstream news

Production has begun flowing through the Murphy-operated King’s Quay floating production system.

PowerNap is a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus TLP, located in the US Gulf of Mexico with an estimated peak production of 20 000 boe/d.

Phase 1 of the Herschel Expansion project comprises development of a new subsea production system and the first of up to three wells tied to the Na Kika platform.

TotalEnergies will resign as operator of the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

The project covers the tie-back of four subsea wells to the Shenandoah host facility through a subsea manifold with dual flowlines and risers.

Valaris has been awarded two one-well contracts by Murphy Oil Corp. for semisubmersible VALARIS DPS-5.

The results of the appraisal well in the Green Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico further define the resource potential in the central Winterfell area, with the current estimate around 100 million barrels gross.

The four contracts awarded to Valaris include a one-well contract with Kosmos Energy in the US Gulf of Mexico for semisubmersible VALARIS DPS-5.

The 168 OCS block survey began in August 2021 and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2022.

Start-up is expected in 1Q22, and the project will run for approximately 5 months.