Buckskin and Moccasin Oil Fields

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Chevron
  • Country: USA
  • Location: Keathley Canyon in Block 785 & 736 offshore Louisiana
  • Production start:
  • Partners: Chevron - 55%, Maersk Oil (20%), Repsol (12.5%) and Samson (12.5%)
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The two fields are to be developed as tie backs to existing platfoms

+++ Contractors

  • **INTECSEA:** FEED and procurement services

+++ History

  • 2008 - Buckskin oil field discovered
  • 2011 - Drilling permit awarded for Buckskin
  • 2011 - Moccasin oil field discovered
  • 2015 - FEED awarded for project

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Buckskin prospect gets U.S. deepwater drilling permit
  2. Chevron Announces Oil Discovery in Deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico
  3. INTECSEA Awarded Contract for Buckskin-Moccasin Development