Sparta Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Shell
• Country: USA
• Location: Garden Banks Block 959 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
• Production start:
• Partners: Shell - 51%, Equinor - 49%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• North Platte is located in a water depth of approximately 4,400 feet (1,340 m) and was drilled to a total depth of approximately 34,500 feet (10,520 m)

Contractors

• Worley: Front-end engineering design (FEED)

History

• 2012 - North Platte Oil Field discovered
• 2018 - Equinor acquired 40% of the project
• 2020 - Worley awarded FEED
• 2022 - Total exited the project
• 2022 - Shell acquired 51% of the project from Equinor

=== Geology

• Subsalt Paleogene reservoir at depth of ~30,000 ft. (9,100 m)

Links

1. USA: Total announces significant oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico
2. Statoil completes acquisition of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discovery
3. Worley has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for TOTAL E&P USA’s North Platte field development in the Gulf of Mexico
4. Equinor transfers operatorship for Gulf of Mexico field to Shell