Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: 255 miles (410 kilometres) southeast of Houston
Start-up Year: 2011
Water Depth: 3,280 feet (1,000 metres)
The Ozona oil and gas field is located in approxiamtely 3,280 feet (1,000 metres) of water on Garden Banks Block 515, about 175 miles southeast of Sabine, Texas. Marathon serves as the operator and holds a 68% interest; Marubeni holds the remaining 35% interest.
At a development cost of US$300 million, Ozona will consist of one well subsea tied-back to the Auger platform, which is located six miles from the field.
Ozona is expected to commence production in 2011 and reach a peak production of 6,000 bopd and 13 MMcf/d.
Marathon has contracted the Noble Jim Day rig to complete the appraisal well and expects first production in 2011. The Henry Goodrich has spud the Ozona Deep #3 Sidetrack.
Operator:
Marathon Oil: Operator with 68% interest
Marubeni: 35% interest
Contractors:
CSL: Top Tensioned Riser (TTR) engineering validation and installation support
Granherne (KBR): Feasibility Study
Noble Energy: Drilling contractor
Technip USA: Project management and surveys, engineering, procurement/fabrication and installation pipe-in-pipe flowline
Transocean: Drilling contractor