Stones Development: A Pioneering Management Philosophy for Enhancing Project Performance and Safety

摘要

The Stones Project is Shell Offshore Inc.'s ("Shell") play opener discovery in the outer Lower Tertiary trendrnin the Gulf of Mexico ultra-deep water (~9,500 ft. water depth). The initial plan is a phased development,rnwith an FPSO and 8 initial wells for Phase 1, potentially followed by a Phase 2 development after fieldrnperformance is confirmed. The Stones FPSO is the deepest floating production system in the world. Thisrnpaper will provide an overview of the Stones project, discussing the challenges that had to be overcome andrnthe innovations that were developed to successfully deliver this ground breaking project.