Chevron Receives Permit for Big Foot Field Bypass
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United States
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A deepwater Gulf of Mexico bypass has been permitted by Houston-based Chevron Corp. in the company’s producing Big Foot Field. IHS Markit reported that #6-A (BP) OCS G16942 will be drilled in the central portion of Walker Ridge Block 29. According to the permit, the bypass will be kicked off from the original hole at 19,660 ft. The well will be drilled from the platform rig that drilled the company’s #4-A (ST) OCS G16942 to 22,511 ft. Since coming online in June 2019, recovery from the Big Foot Field well is about 1.6 MMbbl of crude and 448 MMcf of gas from Lower Miocene at 22,042-22,180 ft. Discovered in 2006, the deepwater reservoir is estimated to contain total recoverable resources of more than 200 MMboe and has a projected production life of 35 years.
A deepwater Gulf of Mexico bypass has been permitted by Houston-based Chevron Corp. in the company’s producing Big Foot Field. IHS Markit reported that #6-A (BP) OCS G16942 will be drilled in the central portion of Walker Ridge Block 29. According to the permit, the bypass will be kicked off from the original hole at 19,660 ft. The well will be drilled from the platform rig that drilled the company’s #4-A (ST) OCS G16942 to 22,511 ft. Since coming online in June 2019, recovery from the Big Foot Field well is about 1.6 MMbbl of crude and 448 MMcf of gas from Lower Miocene at 22,042-22,180 ft. Discovered in 2006, the deepwater reservoir is estimated to contain total recoverable resources of more than 200 MMboe and has a projected production life of 35 years.