Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Blocks 236 and 237 in the central Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico
Start-up Year: 2010
Production: 40,000 Barrels of oil and 60,000,000 cubic feet of gas
Water depth: 2,000ft
The Phoenix (formerly Typhoon) oilfield is located in blocks 236 and 237 in the central Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. This lies approximately 100 miles off the coast of Louisiana, US, in water depths of 2,000ft. In 2005, the field\'s tension leg platform (TLP) was damaged during a hurricane. The structure was turned turtle and mooring was lost.
In 2006, the field was acquired by Energy Resources Technology (ERT) (subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group) from Chevron, BHP and Noble Energy for redevelopment and the project was renamed Phoenix. With the acquisition, ERT became the operator with a 100% interest. In 2007, 30% interest was sold to Sojitz GOM. The operator is redeveloping the field by installing an FPU. The field\'s production started in 2010 and the current oil output per day is at 40,000 Barrels, while the current gas output per day is at 60,000,000 cubic Feet of gas. The Phoenix field has deployed Helix Producer I, a dynamically positioned (DP), ship-shaped FPU. The unit was designed with a nominal capacity of 30,000bpd. Its maximum oil production capacity is approximately 45,000bpd. Helix was contracted to provide the FPU after the hurricane. The Phoenix field will be developed as subsea wells tied to the Helix Producer I FPU. The existing eight wells from Typhoon will also be completed as subsea and tied to the FPU. The average production from two Typhoon wells and two Boris wells was 13,000bopd and 21 million cubic feet per day before the hurricane.
Contracts:
The topsides were designed and produced by Oil Field Development Engineering. Fabrication and integration was carried out by Kiewit Offshore Services. The riser hang-off structure and buoy for the FPU was provided by Flexible Engineered Solutions. The riser system consists of four disconnectable risers -two for production, one for oil export and one for gas export. The flexible risers were provided by Wellstream. The contract for commissioning services and offshore personnel for the FPU was awarded to Wood Group by Helix in December 2009. The ten topside production modules will be installed over the hull in Ingleside, Texas, US. A letter of indent for the supply of flexible risers and jumpers for the project was given to Wellstream International by ERT in October 2006. The work under the agreement included two production risers, one oil export riser, one gas export riser and four production jumpers.
Tornado Discovery
The Tornado exploration well is located in the Phoenix field, in Green Canyon Blocks 236, 237, 280 and 281 in approx. 2,700 ft of water . Initial production testing for the Tornado project commenced October 27, 2016 and the well (GC 281 T-9 well) is being tested at various flow rates to better understand the rock properties and impact on future development plans. (Nov, 2016)
Operators:
Talos Energy: Operator with 70% interest
Sojitz GOM: 30% interest
Contractors:
Flexible Engineered Solutions: Riser hang-off structure and buoy for the FPU
Kiewit Offshore Services: Fabrication and integration
Oil Field Development Engineering: Production and design of topsides
Proserv: Subsea well control contracts.
Proserv also to provide the following:
Subsea communications and controls solutions to support the brownfield upgrade of the Phoenix field for Talos Energy (design, manufacture and supply an Open Communications Hub (OCH) and Electrical Distribution Units to interface with the existing subsea infrastructure previously supplied by Proserv) (June, 2016)
Subsea Control Module (SCM) and associated tree mounted equipment for the expansion of the Conger field for Hess Corporation. (June, 2016)
Wellstream International: Supply of flexible risers and jumpers
Wood Group: Commissioning services and offshore personnel for the FPU