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gas treatment plant, and the export

GLOBAL DEEPWATER REVIEW pipeline. FMC Technologies will supply the ? eld subsea production systems. First production is expected by late 2014.

Offshore the Shetland Islands, operator

Chevron (40% interest) is reassessing its 3700ft deep Rosebank oil and gas ? eld. Its partners are OMV (60% inter- est), OMV (20%) and Dong Exploration & Production (10%). A drilling program was expected in 2015, followed by ? rst production in 2017; however, Chevron announced last year that the JV’s focus is on making the right decisions, not on schedules and timelines.

Offshore Norway, Statoil is developing its 4265ft-water depth Aasta Hansteen gas ? eld in blocks 6706/12 and 6707/10 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea in production license 218. ExxonMobil (15%) and ConocoPhillips (10%) hold interests in the reservoir.

The ? eld is estimated to contain up to 60Bcm of gas and 5.6MMbbl condensate.

It will be developed with a spar platform (OE: March 2014) featuring a processing facility, a single vertical cylinder, two sub- sea templates with four wells on each, and a satellite template with one well, as well as condensate and gas storage facilities.

Aker Solutions and Technip won the

FEED contract, which includes design,

The Lucius facility planning, procurement, construction, in deepwater Gulf and transportation of a spar hull and the of Mexico, on which mooring systems. Work also includes the

Heidelberg’s spar design will be based.

design of the steel catenary risers. First Photo from Anadarko.

gas production is expected by late 2014.

Tpao (9%). in about 1968ft of water. The ? eld will

North America

Stage two of Shah Deniz will triple the be developed as a long subsea tie-back Royal Dutch Shell is working on its ? eld’s production by drilling 30 subsea to the new Shetland gas plant, which Cardamom oil and gas ? eld in block wells and constructing two offshore pro- is being built at Sullom Voe. The plant 427 of the Garden Banks in the Gulf of duction platforms. Engineering studies will include eight subsea wells and one Mexico (GOM). The ? eld, in 2720ft water on the full-? eld development are being subsea production system each for Laggan depth, is under development with a $2.5 carried out and ? rst gas from stage two is and Tormore, and two six-slot produc- billion price tag. This was the ? rst project expected in 2016. tion manifold templates. The total ? eld to be approved since the lifting of the reserves are expected to exceed 1Tcf of moratorium on deep drilling in GOM fol-

Europe gas and condensates. Total says produc- lowing the Macondo spill in 2010.

Offshore UK, Total E&P UK (with 80% tion capacity is 90,000boe/d, with peak Cardamom will eventually produce operating interest) and Dong E&P (20%) production listed at 500MMscf/d of gas 50,000b/d at peak production. The devel- are nearing the ? nal production on their and condensate. Ode and its majority opment plan includes subsea tiebacks

US$5.5 billion (£3.3 billion) Laggan and owner Doris Engineering won the contract to the Auger tension leg platform sited

Tormore gas and condensate project, for basic engineering of the ? eld develop- about 9200ft west of Cardamom. The located northwest of the Shetland Islands ment, including the subsea infrastructure, new subsea system will include ? ve well 2014 Selected Current Deepwater Developments

CountryDevelopment StatusOnstreamWater (ft)OperatorProduction System

Europe

ShetlandsLaggan-Tormore Subsea Under development 2014 1900Total

NorwayAasta Hansteen Spar Under development 2017 4300Statoil

UK Rosebank FPSO Design 2017 3700 Chevron

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