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Exxon Mobil beginning development of ultra-deepwater Julia oil field in Gulf of Mexico

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Exxon Mobil Corporation is commencing development of the ultra-deepwater Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. ExxonMobil, the operator, and Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC each hold a 50% interest in the Julia unit. Malo production facility operated by Chevron USA Inc. The blocks are WR-584, WR-627, WR-628, WR-540 and WR-583.

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Shell sets world record for deepest subsea oil and gas well in Perdido Development: 9,627 feet in Gulf of Mexico

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Shell Oil Company is now producing oil from what it says is the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development. miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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BOEM announces proposed Central Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale; nearly 38 million acres available

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The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the consolidated Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 in New Orleans on 20 June 202012. Lease Sale 216/222 is the last remaining sale scheduled in the 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Program.

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BP Announces Giant Oil Discovery in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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BP announced a giant oil discovery at its Tiber Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The well, located in Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) south east of Houston, is in 4,132 feet (1,259 metres) of water. The well found oil in multiple Lower Tertiary reservoirs.

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BP announces significant resource extension of Mad Dog Field in deepwater Gulf Of Mexico; total hydrocarbons estimated at up to 4B barrels of oil equivalent

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BP announced today the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. in about 4,500 feet (1,371 meters) of water. interest, Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Union Oil Company of California, has a 15.6% BHP Billiton has a 23.9%

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Shell Announces Significant new Discovery in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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Shell announced a “significant” new oil discovery in the deepwater eastern Gulf of Mexico, adding to discoveries in the area from 2009. The discovery is located at the Appomattox prospect in 2,200 metres (7,217 feet) of water in Mississippi Canyon blocks 391 and 392. Shell sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Click to enlarge.

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Shell announces successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in deepwater GOM

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Shell announced a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The well is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) offshore in the Mississippi Canyon Block 393 in 7,446 feet (2,269 meters) of water. Vicksburg “A” is a separate accumulation from both Appomattox and the 2007 Vicksburg “B” discovery.