Texaco's deepstar: Deepwater staged recovery
- Texaco USA, New Orleans (United States)
The deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) represents one of the best remaining domestic opportunities accessible to the oil and gas industry and believed to contain significant reserves of producible hydrocarbons. In the last five years 3.5 billion barrels of reserves have been discovered in the deepwater Gulf-defined as water depths from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. The challenges offered by the deep-water GOM are considerable - both commercially and technically. Current production system technology limits are 3,000 - 3,500 foot water depths. There is limited production experience to date from deep-water fields. However, production strategy and equipment to produce these reserves are being developed by DeepStar, an industry effort led by Texaco, Inc. Staged production using subsea techniques allows companies to avoid major financial commitment until production capability has been proven. The project has identified phased subsea production systems operating as extensions of shallow water platforms a key mechanism for commercial development of deepwater prospects. A small number of shallow water platforms tied to subsea production systems, offset up to 60-miles into deep water, are capable of commercially developing in excess of 80 percent of existing deepwater GOM leases. DeepStar may provide the entire offshore producing community with a way to commercially access deep water.
- OSTI ID:
- 7207917
- Journal Information:
- Sea Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Sea Technology; (United States) Vol. 35:4; ISSN 0093-3651; ISSN SEATAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATLANTIC OCEAN
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DIMENSIONS
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OIL FIELDS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
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