Caesar-Tonga Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Anadarko
• Country: USA
• Location: Green Canyon, [[[Gulf of Mexico]]]
• Production start: 2012
• Partners: Anadarko - 33.75%, Statoil - 23.55%, Shell - 22.45% and Chevron- 20.25%
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• This field is located 190 miles (300 kilometers) from New Orleans (in Green Canyon Blocks 683, 726, 727 and 770), in water depths of around 1,500 meters (5,100 feet). It will be tied back to the Constitution Spar platform, on the [[[Constitution Oil And Gas Field]]]

+++ Contractors

• **Technip:**

* Design and supply of the components for four pipe-in-pipe flowlines and the installation of these flowlines
* Project management, engineering and fabrication of two control umbilicals(3) and their termination hardware

+++ History

• 2005 - Statoil acquires a stake from Encana
• 2009 - Technip awarded two subsea contracts
• 2011 - Anadarko announced that a mechanical issue involving the production riser system would cause a delay
• 2012 - First oil and gas produced

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Statoil acquires Deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets
2. Technip awarded two subsea contracts for the Caesar/Tonga field in the Gulf of Mexico
3. Anadarko Provides Status Update of Caesar/Tonga Project
4. Anadarko Achieves First Oil at Its Gulf of Mexico Caesar/Tonga Development