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    • Photo from Shell plc.
    Shell's Whale platform begins production in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Field Start Ups

    Shell starts oil production from deepwater Gulf of Mexico Whale development

    Jan. 9, 2025
    Shell Offshore started production at its operated Whale floating production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    SapuraOMV starts Jerun field offshore Malaysia

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    SapuraOMV Upstream Assets Sdn Bhd achieved first gas at Jerun field in Block SK 408, about 160 km off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia.
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    Beacon Offshore produces first oil from Winterfell in US Gulf of Mexico

    July 3, 2024
    Beacon Offshore started oil production at Winterfell in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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    Woodside achieves first oil at Sangomar, offshore Senegal

    June 10, 2024
    Woodside has achieved first oil from Sangomar field offshore Senegal, the country’s first offshore oil project.
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    CNOOC starts production at Bozhong 19-6 Block 5

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    CNOOC Ltd. started production at the Bozhong 19-6 gas field 13-2 Block 5 well site development project in central Bohai Sea.
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    Eldfisk complex in the North Sea.
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    ConocoPhillips starts production from Eldfisk North

    May 6, 2024
    ConocoPhillips has started oil produciton at the Eldfisk North project in the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea.