Deep-water safety training goes virtual
How a visit to a shopping centre led to the use of virtual reality in safety training for a new oil production project in Malaysia.
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Scientists gain new line to the deep ocean
A new mooring line in the Gulf of Mexico could further scientific knowledge of the world's interconnected ocean systems.
From hospital bed to seabed
CT scanning has already revolutionised medicine, now it is driving innovation deep beneath the waves.
Standing firm in the Ring of Fire
Two platforms standing firm in an earthquake zone provide natural gas for up to 20% of the Philippines’ electricity needs.
Grand designs: how 3D printing could change our world
The latest manufacturing technology could change how virtually everything is made, one layer at a time.
A close encounter in the Caribbean
Rare sightings of calf sperm whales add to scientific knowledge about life off the coast of Colombia.
Keeping the lights on in the Philippines
An innovative project in deep waters demonstrates how older gas fields can continue providing energy to power homes and businesses.
Malikai
Shell's latest deep-water project off Malaysia strengthens the country's expertise in unlocking energy from beneath the ocean's depths.
Malampaya gets a lift
Upstream Technology magazine talks to Shell about the latest development phase of the Malampaya gas-to-power project in the Philippines, and its technical and logistical challenges.
Deep water media releases
Shell starts oil production from Malikai deep-water platform in Malaysia
Dec 14, 2016
Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100-kilometres off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah.
Shell starts production at Stones in the Gulf of Mexico
Sep 6, 2016
Shell announces today that production has started from the Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. Stones is expected to produce around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) when fully ramped up at the end of 2017.
Shell announces Fort Sumter discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Jul 28, 2016
Shell today announced a new exploration discovery in the deep water U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The initial estimated recoverable resources for the Fort Sumter well are more than 125 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Further appraisal drilling and planned wells in adjacent structures could considerably increase recoverable potential in the vicinity of the Fort Sumter well.
Shell delivers more Brazil deep-water production from Parque das Conchas
Mar 14, 2016
Shell and its joint venture announce the start of oil production from the third phase of the deep-water Parque das Conchas (BC-10) development in Brazil's Campos Basin. Production for this final phase of the project is expected to add up to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak production, from fields that have already produced more than 100 million barrels since 2009.
Shell commences production from Bonga Phase 3 project in Nigeria
Oct 5, 2015
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has announced the start-up of production from the Bonga Phase 3 project.
Shell takes final investment decision for the Appomattox deep-water development in Gulf of Mexico
Jul 1, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announces the final investment decision (FID) to advance the Appomattox deep-water development in the Gulf of Mexico. This decision authorises the construction and installation of Shell’s eighth and largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The Appomattox development will initially produce from the Appomattox and Vicksburg fields, with average peak production estimated to reach approximately 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day. The platform and the Appomattox and Vicksburg fields will be owned by Shell (79%) and Nexen Petroleum Offshore U.S.A. Inc. (21%), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited.
Shell starts oil production from Gumusut-Kakap deep-water platform in Malaysia
Oct 8, 2014
Shell has started oil production from the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform off the coast of Malaysia, the latest in a series of Shell deep-water projects.
Shell announces second major 2014 start up in deep-water Gulf of Mexico with Cardamom development first oil
Sep 8, 2014
Production is now underway from the Cardamom development, the second major deep-water facility Shell has brought online in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico this year, following the start-up of Mars B in February.
Shell starts production from second Mars platform in deep water Gulf of Mexico
Feb 4, 2014
Shell today announces it has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus – the company’s seventh, and largest, floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first deep-water project in the Gulf to expand an existing oil and gas field with significant new infrastructure, which should extend the life of the greater Mars basin to 2050 or beyond. Combined future production from Olympus and the original Mars platform is expected to deliver an estimated resource base of 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
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