Christopher E. Smith
OGJ Pipeline Editor
HOUSTON, Dec. 15 -- Amberjack Pipeline Co. LLC, a joint venture of Chevron Pipe Line Co. and Shell Pipeline Co. LP, approved installation of a 136-mile, 24-in. OD crude oil pipeline from Jack and St. Malo fields in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico to a Shell-owned and operated platform on Green Canyon Block 19.
The pipeline will originate about 280 miles south of New Orleans in 7,000 ft of water and terminate at GC Block 19. From there, Jack-St. Malo owners will be able to access most major trading hubs and refineries in the Gulf Coast region.
Operators expect the Jack-St. Malo hub facility to have an initial production capacity of 170,000 b/d, with startup anticipated in 2014. International Maritime Associates Inc. describes a contract for a production semisubmersible on Jack-St. Malo as imminent (OGJ Online, Nov. 18, 2010).
Chevron Pipe Line Co. will construct and operate this pipeline for Amberjack.
Contact Christopher E. Smith at [email protected].
Photo from Trans Mountain.
