Williams unit to transport oil from Gunnison field

Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., Oklahoma City, and partners have selected a unit of Williams Cos. Inc. to gather oil from Gunnison field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Feb. 26, 2002

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By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Feb. 26 -- Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., Oklahoma City, and partners have selected a unit of Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, to gather oil from Gunnison field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Other participants in Gunnison development are Nexen Inc., Calgary, and Cal Dive International Inc., Houston.

The three firms dedicated production to Williams from 10 blocks in and around Gunnison field operated by Kerr-McGee. The field lies in 3,100 ft of water. Initial production from Gunnison is expected in early 2004 (OGJ, Feb. 18, 2002, Newsletter, p. 8).

To accommodate Gunnison production, Williams has agreed to install 90 miles of 18-in gathering pipeline to move the oil from Garden Banks Block 668 to a shallow-water platform that Williams recently built on Galveston Block A244.

From the platform, the oil will be delivered onshore under a joint tariff with ExxonMobil Corp.'s Hoover Offshore Pipeline System (HOPS). The 88,000 b/d-capacity HOPS line is expected to be operational by late 2003.

Williams also is gathering oil and gas from Kerr-McGee's Nansen and Boomvang fields in the East Breaks area of the deepwater gulf (OGJ, Nov. 13, 2001, p. 63). Production began Jan. 28 from the first of three wells in Nansen field (OGJ, Feb. 18, 2002, Newsletter, p. 8).