BHP Billiton update on their subsea oil and gas projects
2008.07.24 -
Projects
In the US, first production of Neptune announced, see News Release dated 6 July 2008. Six of seven wells have been completed with the operation now ramping up towards full oil and gas production. Shenzi project is on schedule and budget. Hull installed and topsides successfully mated to hull as of 11 July 2008. Two wells completed, third well being drilled.
In Australia, North West Shelf Angel is reported ahead of schedule and budget. Offshore hook up complete and final commissioning is in progress. Pyrenees is also on schedule and budget. Floating Production Storage and Offtake (FPSO) conversion continues.
The same goes for Bass Strait Kipper, which is on time and schedule and budget. Fabrication of pipeline and umbilical tubes complete. Engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract executed.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil.
Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. StatoilHydro has a 50% working interest in the Q field.
The Piranema field, 25 km off the coast of Sergipe, started producing oil this Wednesday (10/10), in deep Northeastern Brazil waters. With operations going online in this field, Petrobras is taking another step towards maintaining Brazil’s oil self-sufficiency. The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
The first tanker with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Snøhvit field left port at Melkøya near Hammerfest, northern Norway
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, has started production from the Marimba North project, designed to develop 80 million barrels of oil in approximately 3,900 feet (1,300 meters) of water more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) off the coast of Angola.
