Bass Lite Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Apache
- Country: USA
- Location: Atwater Valley Block 426, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2008
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 110 million cubic feet of natural gas per day
+++ Description
- Bass Lite is located in water depths of approximately 6,750 feet. Production from Bass Lite commenced in February 2008 from an early production system until the primary two-well development system was completed in August. Gross production from the development currently averages approximately 110 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
- Natural gas is produced from Bass Lite via a 56-mile subsea tieback to the Devils Tower Spar located in [[[Devils Tower Oil And Gas Field]]] on Mississippi Canyon Block 773
+++ Contractors
- **Oceaneering:** Umbilicals and the related connection hardware
- **INTEC Engineering:** Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) on the Devil’s Tower Spar
- Technip:
* Engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a steel flowline that will tie-back subsea wells at a depth of 6,750 feet of water in Atwater Valley 426, to a steel catenary riser to be installed on the Devils Tower Spar in 5,600 feet of water. * Design and manufacture one Flowline End Termination (FLET), two Flowline Midline Terminations (FLMT) as well as manufacture and install the jumper * engineering and installation of three steel umbilical sections, approximately 19 miles long each, and installation of the hydraulic, electrical and optical connecting lines for the control of the subsea system
+++ History
- 2001 - Bass Lite Gas Field discovered
- 2006 - Oceaneering awarded umbilicals contract
- 2006 - Technip awarded subsea flowline and risers contract
- 2008 - Production starts
- 2009 - Mariner acquires a further 11.6 %
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- [[[Gulf Of Mexico Discoveries In Water Depths Greater Than 5000]]]
- [[[Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields]]]
- Oceaneering Announces Mariner Energy Bass Lite Umbilical Contract
- Mariner Energy Purchases Additional 11.6 Percent Working Interest At Bass Lite
- Mariner Energy Achieves First Production at Bass Lite Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Project
- INTEC Engineering Appointed Certified Verification Agent for Bass Lite Riser Project
- Technip awarded contract by Mariner Energy Inc. for the Bass Lite development in the Gulf of Mexico
- Technip awarded umbilical installation contract in the Gulf of Mexico