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Building : Olympus subsea infrastructure to tieback to the affected most aspects of the development. platform. Two additional wells were also Luyties and Freckleton listed “designing a chronology of drilled and completed. Na Kika Phase a robust subsea and surface production 3 achieved ? rst oil 19 February 2014. system that addressed all the complexi- events

Another well is expected to come online ties of multiple, small ? elds tied-back to

Q2 2014, BP said. a host,” along with “drilling and com-

Gulf of Mexico “The well locations were identi? ed pleting the wells, including horizontal

Take a closer look at the through studies involving the drill- wells and multi-zone completions” in integration and delivery of ing, completion and subsurface teams, “record” water depths as some of Na ? rst oil in Mars B through evaluating well trajectories to access the Kika’s greatest challenges.

the Shell’s tension-leg Olympus reservoir targets, considering subsurface Gas is exported through the Okeanos platform. See the video on any smart geological structure and well design and pipeline system, which in turn is a part device by scanning this page with the execution risks,” Brett Clanton, spokes- of the Mardi Gras transportation system.

Actable app, a free download in the App person for BP, said. The pipeline is roughly 75mi.-long. Oil is

Store or Google play.

The giant, 31,475-ton Na Kika platform exported through a 74mi., 18in pipe- currently services eight ? elds through line, which was the “deepest pipeline

April 1989 subsea wells and deepwater tiebacks – ever installed in the ? ooded condition,”

Mars oil and gas ? eld discovered over some of which are predominantly oil, according to Shell E&P International –

Mississippi Canyon Blocks 762, 763, 806, and some of which are predominantly EP Project’s Frans Kopp, Bruce D. Light, gas – and is capable of producing from Thomas A. Preli, Vidish S. Rao and Kent 807, 850, 851. Production began in 1996.

additional ? elds. H. Stingl paper “Design and Installation

September 2010

The wells are in water depths rang- of the Na Kika Export Pipelines, ing from 5800ft to 7750ft, making it the Flowlines and Risers” presented at OTC

Shell made its ? nal investment decision deepest subsea cluster in the world. Na 2004. The oil export pipeline is one of and sanctioned Mars B.

Kika ? eld has recoverable reserves of several “signi? cant ‘[world]-? rsts’” that

September 2010 300MMboe, with a peak production rate were achieved in the design and instal- of around 110,000b/d oil and 500 million lation of the export pipeline and subsea

FMC Technologies won the subsea, top-

Tcf gas. ? owline systems.

side systems contracts for West Boreas. “The targeted reservoirs for this project FMC Technologies supplied the 12 were able to be accessed via wells drilled enhanced vertical 10,000psi subsea trees,

July 2011 from locations in close proximity to the subsea distribution system, ? owline

The US government approved the West existing infrastructure, where subsea connector equipment, and jumpers.

Boreas/South Deimos exploration plan tie-in points for future access existed. FMC claimed its own ? rst for the Gulf of and drill permit application

The location and available facility capac- Mexico: The Na Kika development is the ity was key to concept selection for this largest platform to use the standard 4in.-

November 2012 project,” Clanton said. by-2in. vertical tree completion system.

Olympus hull leaves Samsung Heavy

According to Shell International Na Kika is a joint partnership between

Industries’ South Korean yard to embark

E&P Inc.’s W.H. Luyties and Shell E&P BP, as operator, and Shell, which have on a 18,272mi trip to Ingleside, Texas.

Americas’ T.P. Freckleton’s paper pre- equitable holdings. Shell transferred sented shortly after Na Kika’s ? rst oil at its operatorship to BP upon the start of

January 2013

Offshore Technology Conference 2004 production in 2003.

Olympus hull reached Ingleside after an entitled, “Na Kika - Novel Development As companies jockey for position in 18,272mi.

in Record Water Depths,” “none of the one of the most promising exploration ? elds on [their] own could be developed areas, Shell and BP’s unique Gulf of

June 2013 economically with the technology avail- Mexico partnership has resulted in two

Tenaris announced it would provide able [at the time of production].” projects that, at least in name and size, ’ riser connections.

Olympus

The unprecedented water depth reign the Gulf.

July 2013

Traversing 425mi in 10 days, four

Crowley Maritime high-bollard-pull, ocean-class tugboats worked in tandem

Olympus to deliver to the Mars B ? eld

February 2014 Shell starts production from the Mars

B development, extending the life of the

Mars ? eld to at least 2050. Combined

Olympus future production from and the

Olympus heads to the Mars original Mars platform is expected to ? eld from Ingleside, Texas. deliver an estimated 1 billion boe.

Photo from Shell

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