Posted in accidents, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, tagged BSEE, Globetrotter II, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, Noble, Shell on May 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
BOE was troubled by this incident and the contractor’s statements that followed.
BSEE has posted a strong safety alert.
The BSEE investigation concluded that the operator and contractor representatives failed to promptly start the Temporary Abandonment (TA) procedures.
BSEE’s investigation report provides complete details on the incident.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, October, production on January 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
October production rebounded to 1.744 million BOPD from the 2021 low of 1.064 million BOPD in September (Hurricane Ida). November and December production should exceed 1.8 million BOPD.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged EIA, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, oil production on November 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
More than half of GoM oil production was shut-in for 13 days in September and several hundred thousand BOPD were shut-in for the rest of the month. The result was a 42% reduction in production from pre-Ida (July) levels.
All production has now been restored so the December EIA figures should give us a good read on stablized post-Ida production.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, Mars, production, Shell, Ursa on November 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Per Shell, production at Mars and Ursa has restarted. Olympus was restarted on 10/1. The December production figures should give us a pretty good indication of stabilized GoM production post Ida.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged August production, EIA, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, oil production on October 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
1.60 to 1.74 million BOPD were shut-in from 8/28 to 8/31, reducing the average daily production for August to 1.535 million barrels per day, a net reduction of 312,000 BOPD from July. The September production figure will be significantly lower given that more than half of the GoM production was shut-in for 13 days in September and several hundred thousand BOPD were shut-in for the rest of the month. September production will be released at the end of November.
Shell is now anticipating that their GoM production will be fully restored by mid-November.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged EIA, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, oil production on October 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
EIA just released the July data, and GoM oil production averaged 1.845 million BOPD, which was consistent with expectations. 2021 production through July was relatively stable averaging from 1.762 to 1.845 million BOPD. This will, of course, change dramatically when the August data are released, and even more so for September. Most production was shut-in for Ida beginning on 8/28 and some production has not yet been restored. Per BSEE’s final update (9/23), about 300,000 BOPD remained shut-in.
The EIA data are plotted below:
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, tagged Hurricane Ida, Shell, WD 143 on September 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Shell’s damage assessment of the West Delta 143 (WD 143) platforms revealed significant structural damage. Shell estimates that that the WD-143 “A” platform facilities will be off line for repairs until the end of 2021, and that the facilities on our WD-143 “C” platform will be operational in Q4 2021. Shell expects to resume production from their Olympus platform, which flows across the WD-143 “C” platform, in Q4 2021, and from their Mars and Ursa facilities, which flow across the WD-143 “A” platform, in Q1 2022.
Mars, Olympus, and Ursa account for most of the GoM production that remains shut-in as a result of Hurricane Ida.
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, oil production on September 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida, oil production on September 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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