Posted in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Alta Mar, Beacon Offshore, CSL Exploration, first production, Gulf of Mexico, Heldelberg platform, independents' day, Kosmos Energy, Red Willow, Westlawn, Winterfell field on July 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Beacon Offshore Energy (BOE, but not this blog 😉) and its partners, all independent producers, have initiated production at the Winterfell project in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. The 3 initial wells are expected to produce 20,000 bbls of oil equivalent (again BOE 😉) per day. The Winterfell partners are:
Posted in Offshore Energy - General, Gulf of Mexico, tagged Alta Mar, CL&F, CSL Exploration, Deepwater, Gulf of Mexico, Houston Energy, Lease Sale 261, Red Willow, RIdgewood Energy, Westlawn on January 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Among the top 10 companies at Sale 261 (based on the number of high bids) are household names Shell, Chevron/Hess, Oxy/Anadarko, and bp, and international majors Equinor (Norway) and Woodside (Australia).
Lesser known companies have also become important deepwater players including two, Red Willow (owned by the Southern Ute tribe) and Houston Energy, that cracked the top 10 bidders list. Other emerging deepwater companies, Ridgewood, CSL Expl, Westlawn, Alta Mar, and CL&F were also active sale 261 participants. All of these companies bid in partnership with other independents.
| Company | 257 | 259 | 261 |
| Red Willow | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| Houston Energy | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Ridgewood | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| CSL Expl | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Westlawn | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Alta Mar | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| CL&F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 