Woodside granted regulator approval for Trion development
Woodside will progress into execution phase activities to develop Trion field offshore Mexico, having received field development plan approval from Mexican regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), said chief executive officer Meg O'Neill in a release Aug. 30.
In June, the operator made a final investment decision to develop the resource, which lies 180 km off the coastline and 30 km south of the US-Mexico border in 8,200 ft of water (OGJ Online, June 20, 2023). First oil is targeted for 2028.
The project will target an estimated 479 MMboe of best estimate (2C) contingent resource of oil and gas. The subsurface has been extensively appraised with six well penetrations across the field.
Trion will be developed with 18 wells (nine producers, seven water injectors, and two gas injectors) drilled in the initial phase and a total of 24 wells drilled over the life of the project. A 100,000 b/d capacity floating production unit (FPU) will connect to a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel with a capacity of 950,000 bbl of oil.
Woodside is operator at Trion (60%) with partner PEMEX Exploración y Producción (40%).
