Ursa Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: USA
- Location: Block MC 809, Gulf of Mexico
- Production start: 1998
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Ursa lies in 3,950 feet of water adjacent to the Mars field and covers six blocks centred around Mississippi Canyon block 809
- The development includes the **Crosby Field** (Mississippi Canyon Blocks 898, 899, 941 & 942)
- The Kaikias development, located in around 4,500 feet (1,372 metres) of water, sends production from its four wells to the Ursa hub
- Oil is transported via the Mars Crude Oil Pipeline and gas on the Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline
Contractors
- **Belleli:** Construction of the TLP
- **Manatee:** Design & installation of tubing head spool trees & jumpers, and road transportation analysis for Crosby Field
- **Nexans:** Crosby E/H Umbilical
- Penspen: Ursa Pipeline Expansion Project, providing production operators for the startup and commissioning team
History
- 1991 - Ursa Oil And Gas Field discovered
- 1998 - Ursa TLP installed
- 2001 - Crosby field came on stream
- 2014 - Kaikias was discovered
- 2018 - Kaikias was commissioned
- 2023 - Shell acquired 20% of Kaikas from MOEX, taking its share to 100%
Geology
Links
- International Protective Coatings Platform References
- Manatee Offshore References
- Nexans Norway Umbilical References
- Penspen Offshore And Platform References
- Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Top 100 U S Oil And Gas Fields
- BP Boosts Oil Reserves in the Gulf of Mexico
- Shell adds competitive, deep-water production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
- Shell Assumes 100% Working Interest In Us Gulf Of Mexico Kaikias Field