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Shell announces first oil from Cardamom
Production has commenced from the Cardamom development, the second major deepwater facility Shell has brought onstream in the US Gulf of Mexico this year, following the start-up of Mars B in February. Oil from the subsea project is piped through Shell's Auger platform, the company’s first deepwater tension leg platform (TLP). When at full production of 50,000 boe/d, Auger's total production capacity will increase to 130,000 boe/d. Since its first production in 1994, the facility has received several upgrades to process additional production from new discoveries. Cardamom is Auger's seventh subsea development.
Discovered in 2010, the Cardamom field is located in Garden Banks block 427, approximately 362 km south-west of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water more than 800 metres deep.
Other deepwater Gulf of Mexico growth for Shell includes the Mars B (Shell 71.5%) development, which continues to ramp up production; the ultra-deepwater Stones (Shell 100%, 50,000 boe/d) project, which is under construction; front-end engineering and design is progressing for the Appomattox (Shell 80%) project; and, in a recent exploration success, Shell announced a major discovery at its Rydberg (Shell 57.2%) well in the Norphlet play. Shell also discovered oil at its Kaikias (Shell 100%) well in the Mars Basin, which will require further appraisal in 2015.
Shell also started oil production from its Bonga North West (Shell 55%, 40,000 boe/d) deepwater development off the coast of Nigeria in August. It recently announced a natural gas discovery at its Marjoram-1 (Shell 85%) deepwater well in Malaysia, where the Gumusut-Kakap (Shell 33%) deepwater platform is also on track for production this year.
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Journal title: Petroleum Review
Countries: USA - North America -
Subjects: Exploration and production
