Gulf of Mexico upstream news

Several riser joints and the lower marine riser package separated from the Noble Globetrotter II ultra-deepwater drill ship during the storm and sank to the seabed.

At the early phase of assessment and recovery, approximately 80% of Shell-operated production in the Gulf of Mexico remains offline.

Rystad Energy’s initial assessment of Hurricane Ida’s impact on US oil production and refinery capacity estimates a peak daily supply curtailment of 1.8 million bpd in the Gulf of Mexico.

Once delivered from the shipyard, the Deepwater Atlas is expected to commence operations at the Shenandoah project in 3Q22, with the initial drilling programme expected to last approximately 255 days.

The Yoti West-1 Exp well is being drilled by the Valaris 8505 semisubmersible rig.

C-Innovation, LLC has been awarded a multi-year contract for riserless light well intervention services with a major operator in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company has also advanced the Trion project in Mexico into the FEED phase.

Williams will also provide crude oil transportation services as well as onshore natural gas processing services for the Whale development, located approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido host facility.

The Tornado Attic well is currently producing above the previously estimated 8 - 10 000 boe/d range, according to the company.

Talos Energy has said it is "very disappointed" with the decision of Mexico's Ministry of Energy to designate Pemex as the operator of the Zama unit offshore Mexico and will explore all legal and strategic options.