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Big Foot sets sail

Chevron’s semisubmersible Jack/St. Malo ? elds, Murphy drilling rig Big Foot set sail Oil-operated Dalmatian, and from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Hess-operated Tubular Bells. its new home in Walker Ridge Also occurring at the end of

Block 29 in the deepwater US 2014 was the redevelopment

Gulf of Mexico. of Mars (Mars B) and Na

Big Foot is a dry tree Kika (Na Kika Phase 3), both

G extended tension leg platform of which are mature ? elds. (TLP), which boasts a produc- Cardamom Deep, Jack/St. tion capacity of 75,000 bbl of Malo, and Tubular Bells were

I oil and 25 MMcf/d of natural slated for a late 2014 start-up,

CA gas. The TLP will also have as well.

B an on-board drilling rig and Thirteen ? elds are expected 15 well slots. Once it arrives, to start up in the next two

Big Foot will sit 225mi south years, eight in 2015 and ? ve of New Orleans, in in 5000ft in 2016.

of water. using the Dynamic Producer

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US lease sale

The Big Foot project was ? oating production storage

D earns US$538 million sanctioned in 2010, only ? ve of? oading (FPSO) unit to drill, years after the ? rst discovery Central Gulf of Mexico which is interconnected to at the ? eld. Chevron operates (GOM) Lease Sale 235 held in well 2-ANP-1-RJS. the ? eld with 60% interest. mid-March drew more than The early system will

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It’s partners include Statoil US$538 million in high bids. enable the company to (27.5%) and Marubeni Oil & A total of 195 bids on 169 produce for a six-month

Gas (12.5%). tracts covering about 923,700 period and gather informa- acres offshore Louisiana, tion to enhance the ? eld’s ? rst structure in the UK Central

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GOM production

Mississippi and Alabama, permanent production system North Sea. Well 22/16-6 set to grow were made by 42 energy com- using platform P-74, says ? owed at rates in excess of

The recent downturn in oil panies. BOEM estimates the Petrobras. 8000 boe/d and is now being prices is expected to have sale could result in the pro- side-tracked to appraise the

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Premier starts minimal direct impact on Gulf duction of 460-890 MMbbl, extent of the discovery.

Falklands campaign of Mexico crude oil produc- and 1.9-3.9 Tcf of natural gas. The exploration well, tion through 2016 because of Lease Sale 235 offered Premier Oil has begun their located in Block 22/16 in the the long timelines associated 7788 unleased blocks, cover- 2015 Falklands drilling P.1799 license, was drilled with GOM projects, accord- ing about 41.2 million acres campaign. The Eirik Raude using the Transocean Galaxy ing to a new report by the US that are located from 3-230 semisubmersible drilling rig II jackup rig.

Energy Information Adminis- nautical miles offshore in spudded well 14/15-5 on the GDF Suez operates the tration (EIA). 9-11,115ft water depth. Zebedee prospect, license license with 30% interest. Its

The EIA projects GOM Red Willow Offshore and PL004b, in the Sea Lion ? eld partners are RWE DEA UK production to reach 1.52 Houston Energy made the complex. The well will test (25%), JX Nippon E&P (25%)

MMb/d in 2015 and 1.61 highest single bid at more a total of seven stacked fan and Total E&P UK (20%).

MMb/d in 2016, or about 16% than $52 million. Shell bodies with varying geological

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Porcupine’s and 17% of total US crude oil walked away with the most chances of success of 9-52%. potential spikes production in those two years, bids at 17, followed by Statoil Net prospective Pmean respectively. with 14, Venari with 12 and resources are estimated at 68 Initial evaluation of 3D seis-

The forecasted produc- Chevron and ExxonMobil, MMbbl in a range of 13-178 mic data shows that Provi- tion growth is driven both by each with 11 bids. MMbbl. Sea Lion is 220km dence Resources’s Drombeg new projects and the rede- north of the Falkland Islands prospect offshore southwest

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Petrobras begins velopment and expansion of in 450m of water depth. Ireland, is consistent with production at Búzios older producing ? elds. Five those of a large deepwater fan

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GDF Suez deepwater projects began Production began at Brazil’s system. Drombeg is located in hits at Dalziel in the last three months of deepwater Búzios ? eld in the the southern Porcupine basin 2014: Stone Energy-operated Santos basin, at 1600-2100m GDF Suez E&P UK made a in frontier exploration license

Cardamom Deep and Cardona water depth. Petrobras is new discovery at the Dalziel (FEL) 2/14, approximately

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