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Shell’s Cardamom development starts production; second major 2014 start-up in deep-water Gulf of Mexico

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Production is now underway from the Cardamom development, the second major deep-water facility Shell has brought online in the US Gulf of Mexico this year, following the start-up of Mars B in February. Cardamom is a high-value addition to Shell’s production at the Auger platform, said Marvin Odum, Shell Upstream Americas Director.

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Hadrian South comes on-stream in US Gulf of Mexico ultra-deep waters

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Production has begun in the Hadrian South Field in the Keathley Canyon area, located some 230 miles (370 km) off the coast of Louisiana, with water depths around 2,332 meters (7,651 feet, or 1.45 ExxonMobil, the operator, holds a 46.67% interest in the Hadrian South field, Eni 30% and Petrobras 23.33%.

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Obama Administration to offer 40 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development

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Lease Sale 231 in the Central Planning Area and Lease Sale 225 in the Eastern Planning Area will be held consecutively in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 19 March 2014. million acres, located from three to 230 nautical miles offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, in water depths ranging from 9 to more than 11,115 feet (3 to 3,400 meters).

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Researchers predict average Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead zone” slightly above-average in Chesapeake Bay

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NOAA­-supported modeling is forecasting this year''s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone to cover an area ranging from about 4,633 to 5,708 square miles (12,000 to 14,785 square kilometers) or about the size of the state of Connecticut. cubic miles, an early­summer oxygen­-free anoxic zone of 0.51 cubic miles.

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Shell moves forward with ultra-deepwater Stones project in Gulf of Mexico; deepest production facility in world

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Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. Shell has been one of the pioneers in the Lower Tertiary, establishing first production in the play from its Perdido Development.

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Chevron announces successful test well at deepwater St. Malo in Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron Corporation announced that it had conducted a successful production test on the St. Malo development is located approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water. Malo PS003 well in the prolific Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Jack and St.

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First oil from ultra-deepwater Jack/St. Malo project in US Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron announced that crude oil and natural gas production has begun at the ultra-deepwater Jack/St. With a planned production life of more than 30 years, current technologies are anticipated to recover in excess of 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, US Gulf of Mexico. Earlier post.)

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