Shell continues to build upon a strong position in the Perdido Foldbelt by adding to its portfolio one strategically located block in the Western Gulf of Mexico during today’s US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Sale 233.
Shell bid on one block and was the apparent high bidder on Alaminos Canyon Block 772 with a bid of US$4.2 million. The acquisition of this strategic block marks an important step in Shell’s plans for future Perdido development.
Perdido (pictured at right) is the world’s deepest offshore oil drilling and production platform. Moored in 2,450m (8,000ft) of water in the Gulf of Mexico, it opened up a new frontier in deepwater oil and gas production.
The Lower Tertiary (deep Wilcox) trend in the Alaminos Canyon area of the Perdido Foldbelt offers a lot of exploration potential in deepwater turbidite sands.
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