Dorado Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Plains Exploration & Production Company
- Country: USA
- Location: Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 2009
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Dorado Field has three subsea wells, tied back to the Marlin hub
+++ Contractors
- **Nexans:** Dorado E/H Umbilical
+++ History
- 2009 - First oil produced
- 2010 - BP acquired Shell's stake in the field
- 2012 - Plains Exploration and Production acquires a share from BP
- 2016 - Anadarko acquired a share of the field from Freeport McMoran
- 2019 - Oxy became a partner with its acquisition of Anadarko
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Nexans Norway Umbilical References
- BP Announces Start-up of Dorado and King South Projects in Gulf of Mexico
- W&T Offshore to Acquire Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore Inc.
- W&T Offshore Provides Update Regarding Its Acquisition of Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore
- BP to Sell Non-Strategic US Gulf Of Mexico Assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company
- Freeport-McMoRan Announces Agreement To Sell Its Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico Properties
- Occidental Completes Acquisition of Anadarko