Shell started production from the PowerNap subsea development in the Mars corridor, south-central Mississippi Canyon, about 150 miles from New Orleans in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Olympus Tension Leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 2014.
Shell PLC started production from the PowerNap subsea development in the Mars corridor, south-central Mississippi Canyon, about 150 miles from New Orleans in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The deepwater oil and gas field is tied back to the Shell-operated Olympus tension leg platform (71.5%) in about 4,200 ft of water. It has three production wells producing through a single insulated 19-mile flowline with high-pressure gas lift capability. PowerNap production will be transported to market through the Mars pipeline, operated by Shell Pipeline Co. LP and co-owned by Shell Midstream Partners LP (71.5%) and BP Midstream Partners LP (28.5%).
Estimated peak production from the field is 20,000 boe/d.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
