Marathon Announces First Oil From Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Droshky Development
2010.07.22 -
Projects
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced that its Droshky development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has begun production on time and under budget.
Droshky (formerly Troika Deep) is a subsea development in Green Canyon Block 244, located 2 miles south of the Troika Field. The initial exploration well, with two sidetracks, was drilled in 2007 and the downdip appraisal well, with two sidetracks, was drilled in 2008. Droshky is currently under development and being tied back 18 miles subsea to the Bullwinkle Platform in Green Canyon Block 65. Production will be processed at Bullwinkle under an amendment to the existing Troika Production Handling Agreement (PHA). Droshky is located in 2,900 feet of water and expected net peak production is about 45 mbpd of liquid hydrocarbons and 37 mmcfd of natural gas. Marathon holds a 100 percent working interest in Droshky.
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.
