Mobile Bay Gas Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: W&T Offshore
• Country: USA
• Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama
• Production start: 1988
• Partners:
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Mobile Bay Field is located off the coast of Alabama, in state and federal waters approximately 70 miles south of Mobile, Alabama. The field area includes 16 Alabama State Water blocks and four Federal OCS blocks.
• This area includes seven major platforms and 27 flowing wells, in up to 50 feet of water.
• The development includes an onshore processing plant

Contractors

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History

• 1978 - Exxon first discovered Norphlet gas pay
• 1988 - First gas production from the Mary Ann Field
• 2019 - W&T Offshore acquired 75% stake from Exxon

Geology

• The Mobile Bay fields produce from the Jurassic age Norphlet eolian sandstone at an average depth of 21,000 feet total vertical depth.

Links

1. W&T Offshore Announces Acquisition of Producing Properties in the Gulf of Mexico