Report: Shell's Vito Offshore Field to Start Production in Early 2023

Nerijus Adomaitis
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Shell's Vito deepwater oilfield in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico will start production in early 2023, partner Equinor said on Wednesday.

"It is in the early stages of being installed with the intent of first production (in) early 2023," Chris Golden, Equinor's U.S. country manager, told a news conference in Norway.

Equinor has a 36.9% stake in Vito.

 (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik)


DID YOU KNOW?

Vito will be Shell’s 11th deep-water project in the area, and will be located 240 kilometers (150 miles) southeast of New Orleans, in a water depth of 1,219 meters (4,000 feet). The platform will produce 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day at peak production. OEDigital.


Categories: Energy Industry News Activity FPSO Production Floating Production North America Gulf of Mexico

Related Stories

US Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Output Goes Down Ahead of Storm

Shell Pauses Gulf of Mexico Drilling Ops, Moves Personnel to Shore Amid Hurricane Forecast

Ultra-Deepwater FPSO Starts Oil Production Offshore Brazil

Current News

Halliburton Misses Profit Estimate Following Damaging Cyber Attack

Türkiye Offshore Wind Roadmap Outlines Up to 7GW Potential by 2040

Entrion Wind Secures US Patent for Deepwater Monopile Tech

US LNG Firms Expect Expansion Regulations to Ease Under New Administration

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News