By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 19 -- The first of two subsea wells has gone on stream in deepwater Red Hawk natural gas-condensate field in 5,300 ft of water 180 miles south of Intracoastal City, La..
Kerr-McGee Corp. is field operator and holds 50% interest while Devon Corp. holds 50% interest. Both Kerr-McGee and Devon are based in Oklahoma City.
Red Hawk, discovered in 2001, is on Garden Banks Block 877. Field production is expected to peak at 120 MMcfd next month when both wells are producing via the world's first cell spar (OGJ, Nov. 17, 2003, p. 54).
The cell spar, a floating production facility named Kerr-McGee Global Producer IX, is a third generation spar system, and Kerr-McGee said the technology has reduced the reserve threshold necessary for the economical development of deepwater fields.
