Marlin Oil Field - Revision history

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=== 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
* 2019 - Oxy became a partner with its acquisition of Anadarko

=== Geology ===
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=== Links ===
# [http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/downloads/A/abp_us_marlin_fact_sheet_081209.pdf Marlin, BP]
# [[Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures]]
# [[Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields]]
# [[J P Kenny Subsea References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:abb-to-supply-worlds-first-turnkey-deepwater-tension ABB to supply worlds first turnkey deepwater tension leg oil and gas platform]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:w-t-offshore-to-acquire-offshore-fields-from-shell-o W&T Offshore to Acquire Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore Inc.]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:w-t-offshore-provides-update-regarding-its-acquisiti W&T Offshore Provides Update Regarding Its Acquisition of Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:3080 BP to Sell Non-Strategic US Gulf Of Mexico Assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company]
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/07/occidental-completes-acquisition-of.html Occidental Completes Acquisition of Anadarko]

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 * 2010 - BP acquired Shell's stake in the field
 * 2012 - Plains Exploration and Production acquires a share from BP
 * 2019 - Oxy became a partner with its acquisition of Anadarko
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 # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:w-t-offshore-provides-update-regarding-its-acquisiti W&T Offshore Provides Update Regarding Its Acquisition of Offshore Fields From Shell Offshore]
 # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:3080 BP to Sell Non-Strategic US Gulf Of Mexico Assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company]
 # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/07/occidental-completes-acquisition-of.html Occidental Completes Acquisition of Anadarko]

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 === 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]]]**.
+* 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]]]
+* Gas is transported on the [[Destin Gas Pipeline]]
 === Contractors ===