Santa Ynez Oil Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: Exxonmobil
• Country: USA
• Location: Offshore California
• Production start: 1981
• Partners:
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• SYU consists of three offshore platforms, Hondo, Harmony, Heritage, and an onshore processing facility located along the Gaviota Coast at Las Flores Canyon (LFC)
• Oil is transported from the processing facility via an onshore pipeline owned and operated by Plains All American Pipeline, which supplies local refineries

Contractors

• Hyundai Heavy Industries: Fabrication of Harmony & Heritage Platforms & Topsides
• Heerema Marine Contractors: Harmony & Heritage Platforms Installation

History

• 1981 - Oil production started
• 2015 - The oil pipeline suffered a leak and the field was closed down

Links

1. Santa Ynez History
2. Hyundai Heavy Industries Platform References
3. Foundocean North And South America Subsea References