Offshore staff
HOUSTON – Shell Offshore Inc. has selected GATE Energy to provide facility commissioning for the Whale development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
The Whale development is owned by Shell (60%, operator) and Chevron (40%). The field is located beneath more than 8,000 ft (2,438 m) of water, about 200 mi (322 km) southwest of Houston. It is scheduled to begin production in 2024.
The Whale semisubmersible FPU features a 99% replicated hull and an 80% replication of the topsides from Shell’s Vito project.
GATE is currently providing commissioning services for the Vito semisubmersible FPU. The associated scope includes commissioning planning, onshore commissioning execution, and offshore commissioning/ready-for-startup services.
Mark Myhre, president of Commissioning, said: “We are confident that GATE’s efforts on the Vito project to date and our ability to gain efficiencies through the application of lessons learned will be implemented on Whale to deliver best-in-class execution support to Shell.
“This will be GATE’s second opportunity to execute commissioning of the ‘design one, build two’ project model. Whale will add to our already strong backlog of international projects as we continue to build on our global footprint.”
08/09/2021
