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Field Development

Figure 1: Some recent BP discoveries in the vicinity of the Tubular Bells ? eld.

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Standardized approach creates future infrastructure bene? ts

Discovered in 2003 on Mississippi 57.14% interest; the remainder is

The Gulfstar FPS, a

Canyon block 725 using held by Chevron USA.

three-deck, wet-tree

Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon

D spar, is a standardized semisubmersible, the Tubular Bells About the ? eld prospect is under development by The Tubular Bells prospect was design with oil

Hess Corp. Tubular Bells lies mostly discovered in late 2003. the ? eld and gas gathering, on MC726 in the US Gulf of Mexico, is in the lauri sub-basin and is a about 135 miles southeast of New deep Miocene discovery in an area production handling,

Orleans in 4300-4600ft of water. with many recent discoveries and gas processing,and an

Government permits have been undrilled prospects (Figure 1). The export pipeline. The ? nalized for the $2-3 billion project, discovery well – operated by BP, all the major contracts have been the original major partner before design is expected signed and drilling is underway. selling its interest to Hess and to be used on other Williams Partners is building Chevron in late 2010 – was drilled projects bringing a classic, standardized ? oating to a +30,000ft TD and discovered production spar called Gulfstar, hydrocarbon pay. An appraisal about considerable plus associated gathering and well was drilled in 2006 and found economic bene? ts. export lines for Hess and its partner hydrocarbons ? ve miles from the

Perry Fischer reports.

Chevron. discovery well.

The development plan is for two BP drilled two more appraisals subsea drill centers to tie back to (sidetracks) in 2006/07. The results the spar. Nine wells were batch-set showed an elliptical shaped ? eld in 2012. Hess has contracted the that spanned portions of six blocks.

Stena Forth drillship to complete The Gulf star facility has a design the drilling activities. Hess is the capacity for 60,000b/d oil and operator of Tubular Bells with a 135mmcfd gas production, with oedigital.com January 2013 | OE 69 oe_topsides.indd 69 03/01/2013 13:48