Auger tension-leg platform: Conquering the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Journal Article · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology

OSTI ID:37146

Bourgeois, T M ^[1]

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1. Shell Oil Co., New Orleans, LA (United States). Deepwater Div.

Conquering the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico, where explorationists have found significant quantities of hydrocarbons, is among the greatest challenges facing the oil and gas industry today. Because Shell Offshore has more than one-third of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico acreage under lease today, development of this vast new oil and gas reserve represents a major opportunity. Auger field was purchased in the 1984 and 1985 lease sales. Auger, discovered in 1987, is Garden Banks 426 in 2,860 ft of water. This discovery kicked off a project of mammoth proportions for Shell and the industry. Shell designed and built a TLP (a floating structure tethered to the seafloor) and related drilling and producing facilities for the major discovery at Prospect Auger. This $1.1 billion development is in a world-record-shattering water depth of 2,860 ft. Integrating the complexities of this floating structure with the subsurface challenges makes Auger the most complex project ever undertaken by Shell`s Production Dept.

• OSTI ID: 37146
• Journal Information: JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Journal Name: JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 47; ISSN JPTJAM; ISSN 0149-2136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
FIELD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
GULF OF MEXICO
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OIL FIELDS
PIPELINES
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING