Shell: Certain Gulf of Mexico production to remain offline until 2022

Shell Offshore Inc expects some of its Gulf of Mexico production to remain offline until 2022 following a comprehensive assessment of damage to its West Delta-143 (WD-143) offshore facilities from Hurricane Ida in August.

The WD-143 “A” platform facilities will be offline for repairs until end 2021 and facilities on WD-143 “C” platform will be operational in fourth-quarter 2021, the company said in a release on the 20^th September.

WD-143 facilities are the transfer station for production from the Mars corridor (tension leg platforms Mars, Olympus, and Ursa) to onshore crude and natural gas terminals.

Production from Olympus platform, which flows across WD-143 “C” platform, will resume in fourth-quarter 2021, and production from Mars and Ursa facilities, which flow across WD-143 “A” platform, will resume in first-quarter 2022.

Perdido, in south-western Gulf of Mexico, was never disrupted by the hurricane. Turritella (also known as Stones) floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is online.

Currently, about 60% of Shell-operated production in the Gulf of Mexico is back online.

WD-143 platform is operated by Shell Pipeline Co. LP and owned by Shell Offshore (71.5%) with partner BP Exploration & Production Inc. (28.5%).

Shell is operator at Mars and Olympus (71.5%) with partner BP Exploration & Production Inc (28.5%). Shell is operator at Ursa (45.3884%) with partners BP Exploration & Production Inc (22.6916%), ExxonMobil Corporation (15.9600%), and ConocoPhillips Company (16.9600%).

Source: Oil & Gas Journal