Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Viosca Knoll 989, Gulf of Mexico, USA
Water Depth: 393 m / 1,297 ft
Production: 15,000 boe/d (Cardona), 60,000 bopd and 90 MMcf/d (2.5 MMcm/d) of gas (Pompano)
Start up year: 1994 (Pompano), 2016 (well 6,7, 2016)
Located in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Pompano field development project has proved productive for more than 15 years. One of the first deepwater projects in the Gulf, Pompano is being used as a production hub for area fields.Situated on Viosca Knoll 989, Pompano was discovered on May 1, 1981. Stone Energy serves as the operator of Pompano with 75% interest, and Anadarko holds the remaining 25% interest. Pompano was developed using a four-leg, 12-pile fixed production platform. In February 1992, J. Ray McDermott was awarded the FEED design, detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the production platform. The 38,000-ton (34,473-tonne) jacket was completed in July 1994, and the deck was completed the next month. Marine installation took place in August 1994. Commencing production in October 1994, Pompano reached a plateau production of 60,000 bopd and 90 MMcf/d (2.5 MMcm/d) of gas. Udelhoven International was chosen to provide project coordination of the upgrades, including a new control room and flare boom, as well as some electrical modifications, with work starting in 2001. Additionally, a new fire and gas system was installed in 2004. In December 2008, WorleyParsons was named the engineering and project management services provider for the facilities. A four-year agreement, the contract includes brownfield topsides modifications and topsides work connected to tie-backs.
Cardona is a subsea tieback to the Stone owned and operated Pompano platform about 120 mi (193 km) southeast of New Orleans. First oil was produced from the Pompano field in October 1994 after being discovered by BP and Kerr-McGee in 1985. In August 2014, Stone Energy Corp. has started production from the deepwater Cardona development in Mississippi Canyon block 29 in the Gulf of Mexico. Production began in late November from the Cardona #4 and #5 wells. The Cardona #6 well, located in Mississippi Canyon 29, has been tied into the existing Cardona subsea infrastructure, which flows into Stone\'s Pompano platform. The field’s gross production, including #4, #5 and #6 wells, is currently flowing at approximately 15,000 boe/d. The Cardona #7 well is an offset well to the existing TB-9 well in Mississippi Canyon Block 29 and the fourth well to be drilled in the Cardona development program. Production is expected to begin in Q2 2016.
Operators:
Pompano
Stone Energy: Operator with 100% interest
Anadarko: Use to have 25% interest until May 2012 when Stone Energy acquired it\'s 25% interest
Cardona
Stone Energy: Operator with 65% interest
Hunt Oil: 35% interest
Contractors:
J. Ray McDermott: FEED Contract
WorleyParsons: Engineering and project management services
Udelhoven International: Project coordination
Subsea 7: Contract worth US$70 million for work on the Stone Energy-operated Cardona field in the Gulf of Mexico including engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of flowlines, risers, pipeline structures, as well as a gas lift umbilical