Whale Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Shell
• Country: USA
• Location: Alaminos Canyon
• Production start: Expected 2024
• Partners: Chevron
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Whale production facility is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido platform and approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston.
• The development will use a four-column semi-submersible host facility, in more than 8,600 feet of water, with 15 oil producing wells. It will be a clone of that in the Vito Oil Field
• Gas will be exported via a 25-mile gas lateral pipeline build from the Whale platform to the existing Perdido gas pipeline and a new 125-mile oil pipeline to the existing Williams-owned GA-A244 junction platform. The natural gas will be transported to Williams’ Markham gas processing plant located in Matagorda, TX.

Contractors

• Seatrium:

History

• 2021 - Shell announced FID
• 2021 - William's signs contract to provide gas transportation

Geology

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Links

1. Shell Invests in the Whale Development in the Gulf of Mexico
2. Williams Announces Agreement on Deepwater Whale Project