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* Country: USA | * Country: USA | ||
* Location: Mississippi Canyon Blocks 940 & 984, Gulf of Mexico | * Location: Mississippi Canyon Blocks 940 & 984, Gulf of Mexico | ||
| − | * Production start: | + | * Production start: 2023 |
| − | * Partners: Shell - 55%, | + | * Partners: Shell - 55%, Equinor - 25% & Anadarko - 20% |
* Type: Oil & Gas | * Type: Oil & Gas | ||
* Estimated Reserves: | * Estimated Reserves: | ||
| − | * Production Volume: | + | * Production Volume: Expected 100,000 bpd at peak |
+++ Description | +++ Description | ||
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* The development will utilise a semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) | * The development will utilise a semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) | ||
* Vito is expected to reach peak production of approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day | * Vito is expected to reach peak production of approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day | ||
| + | * The crude will be transported on the [[Mars Crude Oil Pipeline]] | ||
+++ Contractors | +++ Contractors | ||
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* **Sembcorp Marine:** Construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Vito semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) | * **Sembcorp Marine:** Construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Vito semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) | ||
* **Subsea 7:** | * **Subsea 7:** | ||
| − | + | ** Project management, engineering, procurement, installation and pull-in of two 12” infield production flowlines with 10” steel catenary risers (SCRs), one gas lift flowline and SCR, and the umbilical system. | |
| − | + | ** Transportation and installation of 50 miles of 18-inch oil export pipelines, 17 miles of 10-inch Gas Export pipelines and three miles of associated Steel Catenary Risers and pipeline end terminations | |
* **Oceaneering:** electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and flying leads, totaling approximately nine kilometers (5.6 miles) in length | * **Oceaneering:** electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and flying leads, totaling approximately nine kilometers (5.6 miles) in length | ||
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* 2016 - Jacobs awarded FEED contract | * 2016 - Jacobs awarded FEED contract | ||
* 2018 - Final investment decision | * 2018 - Final investment decision | ||
| + | * 2023 - First oil produced | ||
+++ Geology | +++ Geology | ||
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:shell-invests-in-the-vito-development-in-the-gulf-of Shell invests in the Vito development in the Gulf of Mexico] | # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:shell-invests-in-the-vito-development-in-the-gulf-of Shell invests in the Vito development in the Gulf of Mexico] | ||
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:export-pipelines-award-demonstrates-subsea-7s-strong Export pipelines award demonstrates Subsea 7’s strong track record for cost-effective execution in the US Gulf of Mexico.] | # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:export-pipelines-award-demonstrates-subsea-7s-strong Export pipelines award demonstrates Subsea 7’s strong track record for cost-effective execution in the US Gulf of Mexico.] | ||
| + | # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/11/shell-starts-production-at-vito-in-us.html Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico] | ||
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Revision as of 12:43, 27 November 2023
Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: USA
- Location: Mississippi Canyon Blocks 940 & 984, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2023
- Partners: Shell - 55%, Equinor - 25% & Anadarko - 20%
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: Expected 100,000 bpd at peak
+++ Description
- Located over four blocks in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico, the Vito development will consist of eight subsea wells with deep (18,000 feet) in-well gas lift.
- The development will utilise a semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU)
- Vito is expected to reach peak production of approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day
- The crude will be transported on the Mars Crude Oil Pipeline
+++ Contractors
- **Jacobs Engineering:** Front-end engineering and design (FEED) package and detailed engineering for the Vito host platform topsides
- **Sembcorp Marine:** Construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Vito semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU)
- **Subsea 7:**
- Project management, engineering, procurement, installation and pull-in of two 12” infield production flowlines with 10” steel catenary risers (SCRs), one gas lift flowline and SCR, and the umbilical system.
- Transportation and installation of 50 miles of 18-inch oil export pipelines, 17 miles of 10-inch Gas Export pipelines and three miles of associated Steel Catenary Risers and pipeline end terminations
- **Oceaneering:** electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and flying leads, totaling approximately nine kilometers (5.6 miles) in length
+++ History
- 2009 - Vito Oil Field discovered
- 2010 - Appraisal wells drilled
- 2016 - Jacobs awarded FEED contract
- 2018 - Final investment decision
- 2023 - First oil produced
+++ Geology
- 600 net feet of high-quality oil pay in thick subsalt Miocene sands
+++ Links
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Anadarko Announces Its Fourth Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Discovery in 2009
- Anadarko Provides Deepwater Update
- Jacobs Wins Contract from Shell for Gulf of Mexico Platform
- Sembcorp Marine Secures Contract for the Construction and Integration of Vito FPU’s Hull, Topsides and Living Quarters
- Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Gulf of Mexico
- Oceaneering Announces Subsea 7 Umbilical Contract for Shell's Vito Development in the Gulf of Mexico
- Shell invests in the Vito development in the Gulf of Mexico
- Export pipelines award demonstrates Subsea 7’s strong track record for cost-effective execution in the US Gulf of Mexico.
- Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico
