LLOG Exploration Offshore LLC, Covington, La., signed a subsea tree order with TechnipFMC for its Shenandoah project in deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico. The order is the first equipment order for the Shenandoah project and the first of its kind for trees designed for pressures up to 20,000 psi, the company said.
LLOG is operator of the Shenandoah Unit covering Walker Ridge Blocks 51, 52, and 53, some 200 miles south of New Orleans. Partners are Venari Offshore LLC, Navitas Petroleum, and Beacon Offshore Energy (OGJ Online, Apr. 26, 2018).
The leases are currently held under a suspension of production and will be developed using a new floating production system. The partnership will drill multiple wells to develop the estimated 100-400 million bbl targeting previously discovered oil-bearing Upper and Lower Wilcox reservoirs. The oil and rock qualities for the Shenandoah development are both best-in-class for the emerging Wilcox production trend, LLOG said.