Chevron and Total E&P USA Inc. have contracted Williams to provide offshore natural gas transportation services to their joint Anchor development, 140 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.
Chevron plans to drill multiple wells and construct a floating production platform capable of handling rich natural gas and oil production from the Anchor development. Williams will leverage existing infrastructure to transport Anchor’s natural gas production to the Discovery system, of which Williams is 60% owner and operator and DCP Midstream is 40% owner. The rich natural gas will be transported to Discovery’s 600-MMcfd processing plant in Larose, La., and the NGL will be fractionated and marketed at Discovery’s 35,000-b/d Paradis plant in Louisiana.
Anchor’s partners expect it to come online first-half 2024. In water depths of 5,000 ft (1,524 m), Stage 1 development of the project will consist of a seven-well subsea development and semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU).
The planned FPU has a design capacity of 75,000 b/d of crude oil and 28 MMcfd of natural gas. Total potentially recoverable resources for Anchor are estimated to exceed 440 million boe.
Chevron, through its subsidiary Chevron USA Inc., is operator and holds a 62.86% working interest in the Anchor project. Co-owner Total E&P USA Inc. holds 37.14% working interest.
