Project Profile
Location: Mississippi Canyon Block 698, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, USA
Production: 20,000 boe/d
Water Depth: 2,222 metres
Start-up Year: November 2015
The Big Bend (OCS-G28022) prospect is located on Mississippi Canyon Block 698 in 2,222 metres of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Noble Energy wholly owns and operates the prospect. Noble Energy acquired the block at the Central Gom Lease Sale No. 206 in March 2008. In October 2009, the operator submitted an EP proposing to drill and complete two wells on the prospect using a dynamically positioned semisubmersible rig. The operator plans to explore the prospect in 2012-2013. The well is targeting oil and gas. Noble Energy is operator with a 54% working interest in Big Bend. W&T Energy VI LLC, a unit of W&T Offshore Inc., has 20%, Red Willow Offshore LLC 15.4%, and Houston Energy Deepwater Ventures V LLC 10.6%. In October 2015, Noble Energy Inc. started oil production from the Big Bend field development. The single-well field is ramping as expected and is anticipated to reach a maximum gross production rate of about 20,000 boe/d. Approximately 90% of the volumes being produced are oil.
Operators:
Noble Energy: Operator with 54% interest
W&T Offshore Inc: 20% interest
Red Willow Offshore LLC: 15.4% interest
Houston Energy Deepwater Ventures: 10.6% interest
Contractors:
SBM Offshore: Production Handling Agreement (PHA) with Noble Energy to produce the Big Bend and Dantzler fields using the Thunder Hawk DeepDraft™ Semi
EMAS AMC (Ezra Holdings’ subsea services division): Contract includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea tie-backs for the Big Bend, Dantzler and Gunflint field developments in the US Gulf of Mexico. The project management, engineering and procurement underway from Houston office with fabrication of the 16 subsea structures, and stalking and spooling of over 160 miles (258 km) of line pipe, in progress at the recently upgraded EMAS Marine Spool Base facility in Ingleside, Texas. Offshore execution is scheduled for 2015.