Project Profile
Location: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA
Oil production: 33,826 STB
Gas production: 52 MMcf
Area: 38.45 Sq. km
Discovery: 1983
The Timbalier Bay oil and gas field is located in, and offshore from, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It is situated approximately 20 miles south of the town of Golden Meadow, 70 miles southeast of Morgan City (the area operational office) and 60 miles southwest of the city of New Orleans. The Timbalier Bay Field was discovered in 1938 by Gulf Oil Corp and ranks as one of the State of Louisiana’s top ten fields based on cumulative production to date. The crest of the structure lies almost directly underneath East Timbalier Island. This low-lying island, averaging about 350-yd wide, is the site of the central Timbalier Bay field camp and separates the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico from the shallow Timbalier Bay waters. Access to the field is from the Leeville shore base, through Bayou Lafourche, into Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Presently, there are 410 completion intervals in 277 wells. Daily production is 33,826 STB of oil and 52 MMcf of gas. The productive portion of the field covers approximately 38.45 Sq. km. The field contains 81 productive horizons and some 434 reservoirs ranging in depth from 609.6 to 5334m. Reservoir mechanisms of many combinations make it necessary that water flooding, gas injection, attic oil recovery and other recovery methods be examined for possible application in this filed.
Operator:
Krewe Energy: 100% interest