CRP Subsea to Supply Well Equipment for Shell’s Whale Development
Shell Whale development, located about 200 miles southwest of Houston, features a semi-submersible production platform, with capability for remote operations and monitoring of almost every aspect of the facility.The Whale production facility, which was brought on stream in January 2025, is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773, adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, around 10 miles (16 kilometres) from the Shell-operated Perdido platform.With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), Whale currently has an estimated recoverable resource volume of 480 million boe
McDermott Wins Subsea Work from Shell
McDermott International, Inc. announced Tuesday it has been awarded a contract from Shell Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, for new subsea umbilical and flowline installation at the Great White Frio development in Alaminos Canyon Block 857 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The contract award will be reflected in McDermott's fourth quarter 2018 backlog.McDermott said its scope of work includes project management and engineering; installation of a flexible flowline from the well to a pipeline end termination; installation of one 2,000-foot-long steel flying lead;
Fairfield Geotechnologies Wins GoM Survey Contract
Fairfield Geotechnologies said it has been awarded a contract by BHP to acquire up to 1,004 sq. miles of ocean bottom node seismic data in the Alaminos Canyon and East Breaks areas of the Western Gulf of Mexico. The survey, located in water depths ranging from 2,500 to 7,250 ft., will employ two seismic source vessels and Fairfield Geotechnologies’ newest ocean bottom node technology, ZXPLR.The survey design will deliver high quality seismic data for imaging, as well as provide the long offset, full azimuth data necessary for high-resolution velocity model building to enhance existing reflection
Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $102.4 Million in High Bids
sources having doubled. Combined with recent declines in oil consumption, foreign oil imports now account for less than 40% of the oil consumed in America – the lowest level since 1988. Today’s highest bid on a single tract was $30,583,560 submitted by ConocoPhillips Company for Alaminos Canyon Block 475. ConocoPhilips Company also submitted the highest total amount in bonus bids, totaling $50,323,180 on 29 tracts. BOEM received at least one bid within the three statute mile boundary area north of the continental shelf boundary between the United States and Mexico. Any bids submitted
Five Minutes with Kevin Lord, Chet Morrison Contractors
for redundancy and for the extra set of eyes/manipulators on location far outweighed the daily cost and the mobilization. The client agreed and the project was successful. On another project, we were closing spools for the oil and gas export lines on two different spar platforms (Green Canyon and Alaminos Canyon) at approximately 500 feet using divers with ROV support. These two spar projects required a lot of rigging that was attached to the heave plate to allow the spools to be set in place. The ROVs assisted divers in inspecting the heave plates, installing crossover lines, positioning rigging
February 2025
