Cameron Block 580 platform, seen here during construction, will handle significant gas production from a 1995 discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.
This fall, Pennzoil Co. will start gas production from a new shallow-water platform in West Cameron Block 580, Gulf of Mexico.
The discovery well, drilled in 1995, successfully tested lower lenticular sands at about 16,500 ft subsea. Pennzoil acquired the lease in a recent farm out and credits 3D seismic for helping define the play.
Although Gulf of Mexico deepwater activity has recently captured the limelight, this project demonstrates that significant hydrocarbons remain to be found in shallower water.
Pennzoil expects the two-well development to produce at substantial rates, up to 112 MMscfd with 3,000 b/d of liquids. At this time, Pennzoil has no plans to drill additional wells; although, the platform can accommodate more. The two wells were drilled to a measured depth of about 18,000 ft.
Platform load out from Brown & Root's Channelview, Tex., construction yard occurred last May. The 320 ft, 650-ton steel jacket now sits in 240 ft of water, about 100 miles offshore Southwest Louisiana.
The platform is equipped with living quarters and processing equipment, such as three-phase separation. Produced gas and liquids will be transported in the Sea Robin pipeline that connects Gulf of Mexico wells to Sabine Pipe Line Co.'s Henry hub in South Louisiana.
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