Project Profile
Value: US$700 million
Location: Mississippi Canyon Block 725, 135 miles Southeast of New Orleans, USA
Production: 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (from three producing wells by the end of 2014)
Reserves: unknown
Water Depth: 4,400 feet (1,341 metres)
Start-up Year: 4Q 2014
Deepwater oil discovery at the Tubular Bells Prospect located in Mississippi Canyon Block 725. The block is located 135 miles Southeast of New Orleans. The Tubular Bells discovery well is located in approximately 4,300 feet of water and was drilled to a depth of 31,131 feet. The Exploratory well encountered 190 feet of net oil pay. Further appraisal drilling is planned to determine the extent of the discovery. Amerada Hess Corporation is the operator and owns 57.14% interest in Tubular Bells. Chevron Texaco is also a co-partner in the project and has the remaining 42.86% interest. Following a ramp-up period, Tubular Bells is expected to deliver gross production of approximately 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (25,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day net to Hess) from three producing wells by the end of 2014.
Operators:
Hess Corporation: Operator with 57.14 % interest
Chevron Texaco: 42.86% working interest
Contractors:
AMEC: Pre-FEED Evaluation
ClampOn: Supply multiple subsea acoustic sand vibration detectors and PIG detector
Consortium with 49% interest in the floating production platform project for Tubular Bells Field:
Marubeni Corporation
Williams Partners
Diamond Offshore: Drilling of two sidetrack wells
Saipem: Using derrick semi-submersible crane and pipelay vessel Saipem 7000 to install the topsides offshore
Stena Drilling: Drilling using the drillship Stena Forth
Technip: Flowlines, steel catenary risers, pipeline end terminations, piles and structures
Transocean: Semi Submersible
Williams Company: Spar EPC
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN): Operations & maintenance services
Sub Contractors:
Gulf Island Fabrication: Fabrication of the hull EPC contract
McDermott International: Transportation and installation services for a spar hull
Wood Group subsidiary Alliance Engineering: Topside facilities and deck for the platform