Magnolia Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Conoco
• Country: USA
• Location: Garden Banks Blocks 782, 783 & 784, Central Gulf of Mexico
• Production start: 2004
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The field utilises a Tension Leg Platform (TLP)
• It is installed in 4,670 feet of water which at the time of installation is was the World’s Deepest TLP
• Oil is transported via the Auger Crude Oil Pipeline and Garden Banks Gas Pipeline

+++ Contractors

• **Samsung Heavy Industries:** TLP Hull Construction
• **Alliance Engineering:** FEED, Detailed Engineering and Design, Procurement, and Construction Support
• **Saipem:** Installation of Tendons and Integrated Platform & TLP Piles
• **Gulf Island Fabrication:** 96-man living quarters

+++ History

• 1999 - Magnolia Oil And Gas Field discovered
• 2004 - The Magnolia TLP was installed and production started
• 2010 - BP acquires 25% stake from Devon
• 2010 - Marubeni acquires a 25% stake from BP

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Alliance - Magnolia TLP, ConocoPhillips
2. [[[Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References]]
3. International Protective Coatings Platform References
4. Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
5. Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
6. Gulf Island Fabrication Platform References
7. BP Enters Deepwater Brazil and Strengthens Core Portfolio
8. BP to Sell Interests in Four Gulf of Mexico Fields to Marubeni