Marlin Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Oxy
• Country: USA
• Location: Viosca Knoll Blocks 871 & 915, Gulf of Mexico
• Production start: 1999
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Marlin Hub consists of the Marlin Tension Leg Platform (TLP), the Marlin wells, and three subsea fields tied back to the platform – **Nile** (Viosca Knoll Block 914), **King** and **Dorado Oil Field**.
• This floating production platform is tethered by tendons (tension legs) to the sea bed at a depth of 972 meters (3,240 feet)
• Dorado comprises three subsea wells located about two miles from the Marlin TLP
• King South comprises a single subsea well located about 18 miles from the Marlin TLP
• Gas is transported on the Destin Gas Pipeline

Contractors

• **ABB:** Engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the TLP production facility and its associated pipelines
• **J P Kenny:** Specification and procurement of subsea equipment

History

• 1993 - Marlin Oil Field discovered
• 1997 - Nile field discovered
• 1997 - ABB awarded TLP contract
• 1999 - The Marlin field came on stream
• 2001 - The Nile field started production
• 2009 - First oil produced from Dorado & South King
• 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

Links

1. Marlin, BP
2. Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
3. Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
4. J P Kenny Subsea References
5. ABB to supply worlds first turnkey deepwater tension leg oil and gas platform
6. W&T Offshore to Acquire Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore Inc.
7. W&T Offshore Provides Update Regarding Its Acquisition of Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore
8. BP to Sell Non-Strategic US Gulf Of Mexico Assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company
9. Freeport-McMoRan Announces Agreement To Sell Its Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico Properties
10. Occidental Completes Acquisition of Anadarko