Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Production Forecast: 2009-2018

摘要

This report provides a daily oil and gas production rate forecast for the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for the years 2009 through 2018. The forecast shows average daily oil and gas production estimates for each calendar year. In this report, daily oil production rates include oil and condensate production, and daily gas production rates include gas-well gas and associated gas production. This report refers to various deepwater development projects. In most cases, the project names and their lateral extents are defined by operators. Hydrocarbon accumulations developed via a common surface facility or a common subsea system are typically considered to be a single project. Note that the water depth of a subsea project, or that of an undeveloped project, refers to the deepest water depth at a well location within that project. The classifications used throughout this report are illustrated in Figure 1. Projects in less than 1,000 ft (305 m) water depths are considered to be shallow-water projects and those in greater than 1,000 ft (305 m) are considered to be deepwater projects. For gas production, the shallow water is further subdivided according to the true vertical depth (TVD) of the producing zones and the water depth. The shallow-water deep zone refers to gas production from well completions at or below 15,000 ft (4,572 m) TVD subsea and in water depths less than 656 ft (200 meters). All other shallow-water completions are referred to as part of the shallow-water shallow zone.