Chevron awards engineering design services to Wood for Anchor development

Feb. 27, 2020
Chevron has awarded engineering design services to Wood for the Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico—the industry’s first deepwater high-pressure development to achieve a final investment decision (OGJ Online, Dec. 19, 2019).

Chevron has awarded engineering design services to Wood for the Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico—the industry’s first deepwater high-pressure development to achieve a final investment decision (OGJ Online, Dec. 19, 2019).

The scope of the project included the preliminary, front end engineering and design (pre-FEED), FEED and now entails detailed design of Anchor, a wet tree development that will employ a semi-submersible floating production unit (semi-FPU).

The project will be led by Wood’s engineering teams in Houston, Tex., with the contract awarded under an existing 10-year master services agreement (MSA) with Chevron.

Under the scope of work, Wood is delivering a unique, fully integrated design for the topsides and subsea system, incorporating risers, production flowlines, export pipelines, and flow assurance analysis.

The Anchor discovery lies in Block 807 of the Green Canyon area about 225 km off the coast of Louisiana in more than 1,500 m of water. With an operating pressure of 20,000 psi, it’s one of the first ultrahigh-pressure projects in the world. The semi-FPU has a production capacity of 75,000 b/d of oil and 28 MMcf/d of gas, with the potential for future expansion.