Anadarko Petroleum achieved first oil at Heidelberg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico last week.
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Map of Heidelberg. Courtesy of Anadarko. |
Heidelberg is located in Green Canyon 859 and is the company’s second major truss spar development in the GoM in the last two years.
Heidelberg was expected to achieve first oil in April 2016, but achieved the milestone about four months ahead of schedule on 14 January.
The Heidelberg development consists of six production wells, standalone spar, two drill centers, dual looped 8in flowlines, and 16in oil and gas export lines.
Heidelberg is an 80,000 b/d floating production facility, and is Anadarko’s newest spar and a replication of the Lucius spar as part of the company’s “design one, build two” approach, which began production in January 2015 in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more about the Lucius project, which was covered in the August 2015 issue of OE, here.
In October, Anadarko lifted the topsides onto the Heidelberg spar using Heerema Marine Contractor’s largest crane vessel, the Thialf.
Anadarko operates Heidelberg with 31.5% interest. Its partners include Cobalt (9.375%), Eni (12.5%), ExxonMobil (9.375%), Freeport McMoRan (12.5%), Marubeni (12.75%), and Statoil (12%).
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