Difference between revisions of "Anchor Oil And Gas Field"

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# [https://www.woodplc.com/solutions/case-studies/chevron-anchor Chevron Anchor Case Study]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2026/01/total-moves-forward-on-two-deepwater.html Total Moves Forward on Two Deepwater Projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2026/01/total-moves-forward-on-two-deepwater.html Total Moves Forward on Two Deepwater Projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2026/01/chevron-starts-production-at-anchor.html chevron starts production at anchor with industry-first deepwater technology]
 
# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2026/01/chevron-starts-production-at-anchor.html chevron starts production at anchor with industry-first deepwater technology]

Revision as of 07:55, 22 January 2026

Summary Information

  • Operator: Chevron
  • Country: USA
  • Location: Offshore Gulf of Mexico
  • Production start: 2024
  • Partners: Chevron & Totalenergies
  • Type: Oil & Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • Located 225 kilometers off the Louisiana coast, Anchor consists of a system of subsea wells connected to a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) with a production capacity of 75,000 barrels of oil per day and 28 million cubic feet of gas per day.
  • Anchor was the first development to use the high-pressure 20,000-pounds-per-square-inch (20 kpsi) technologies

Contractors

  • WOOD: fully integrated engineering design for the project topsides and subsea systems incorporating risers, production flowlines, export pipelines and flow assurance analysis.

History

  • 2019 - Final investment decision taken
  • 2024 - First production achieved

Geology

Links

  1. Chevron Anchor Case Study
  2. Total Moves Forward on Two Deepwater Projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
  3. chevron starts production at anchor with industry-first deepwater technology