Oil and gas major Shell has started the production at its deepwater Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.The Whale production facility is in…
Oil and gas major Shell has started the production at its deepwater Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Whale production facility is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, around 10 miles (16 kilometres) from the Shell-operated Perdido platform and around 200 miles (320 kilometres) south of Houston.
Discovered in 2017, the Whale field will feature a semi-submersible production host in more than 8,600 feet (2,600 metres) of water with a total of 15 wells to be tied back to the host via subsea infrastructure.
Whale’s design closely replicates Vito, a four-column semi-submersible host facility located in the greater Mars Corridor, which began production in early 2023
With the overall height of the facility of 110 metres, and weighing around 25,000 tonnes, the Whale platform has been built to withstand 30-metre waves during hurricane season.
The platform was installed offshore in February 2024, after being built in Singapore and then transported by sea to a quayside in Texas, USA, before being towed into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Whale development is owned by Shell Offshore (60%, operator) and Chevron (40%).
“Whale demonstrates our focus on driving more value with less
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