Tahiti oil pipeline due in Gulf of Mexico

March 30, 2005
Amberjack Pipeline Co. LLC has agreed to install 52 miles of pipeline at least 22 in. in diameter for oil from the Tahiti prospect in the Gulf of Mexico.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Mar. 29 -- Amberjack Pipeline Co. LLC has agreed to install 52 miles of pipeline at least 22 in. in diameter for oil from the Tahiti prospect in the Gulf of Mexico.

Amberjack will build, own, and operate the pipeline, which will stretch from the Tahiti facility on Green Canyon Block 641 to a Shell platform in Green Canyon Block 19, where it will connect to the existing Amberjack pipeline system and other pipeline infrastructure.

The pipeline will be completed in 2007. The new system will have a capacity of 200,000 b/d.

The Tahiti prospect covers Green Canyon Blocks 596, 597, 640, and 641 and is owned by Chevron USA Inc., EnCana Gulf of Mexico LLC, and Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.

Amberjack is owned by Shell Pipeline Co. LP and Chevron Pipe Line Co.