Shell Makes Large Discovery in Deepwater GoM

摘要

Chalk up another victory for Shell in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. This one is the Dover discovery announced late in May. Sitting in about 7,500 feet of water 170 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Mississippi Canyon locale, Shell reported that the discovery well encountered more than 800 net feet of pay. It was drilled by Transocean's Deepwater Poseidon, a new-build ultra-deepwater drillship. This is the company's sixth discovery in the Jurassic-age Norphlet geologic play in the Gulf. It joins such high-profile finds as Appomattox, approximately 13 miles away. The Appomattox host, which is now on location in the Gulf, is viewed as a potential tieback for Dover, among other discoveries.