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=== History === | === History === | ||
| + | * 2015 - The Anchor field was discovered | ||
* 2019 - Final investment decision taken | * 2019 - Final investment decision taken | ||
* 2024 - First production achieved | * 2024 - First production achieved | ||
=== Geology === | === Geology === | ||
| − | * | + | * The appraisal well encountered 694 feet of net oil pay, a hydrocarbon column of at least 1,800 feet in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox reservoirs |
=== Links === | === Links === | ||
# [https://www.woodplc.com/solutions/case-studies/chevron-anchor Chevron Anchor Case Study] | # [https://www.woodplc.com/solutions/case-studies/chevron-anchor Chevron Anchor Case Study] | ||
| + | # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2026/01/venari-resources-announces-successful.html Venari Resources Announces Successful Results From The Anchor Appraisal Well In The Deepwater 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/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] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, 23 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.
- KBR: FEED contract for the hull
- DSME: Construction of the FPU hull
- Kiewit: Construction of the topsides
- OneSubsea: contract to provide engineering and qualification for subsea equipment
History
- 2015 - The Anchor field was discovered
- 2019 - Final investment decision taken
- 2024 - First production achieved
Geology
- The appraisal well encountered 694 feet of net oil pay, a hydrocarbon column of at least 1,800 feet in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox reservoirs
