Offshore staff
PERTH, Australia — Woodside Energy has issued progress reports on its development and exploration programs in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM), West Africa and Australia.
GoM projects
Last June ocean-bottom seismic acquisition finished at the bp-operated Atlantis project in the GoM (Woodside 44%) to support future development opportunities. This year’s focus includes water injection expansion and a horizontal well trial to improve infill productivity.
Elsewhere in the US sector, the bp-led Mad Dog Phase 2 project should start up later in 2023, along with A-spar debottlenecking.
Studies continue for the Trion oil project 180 km offshore Mexico in a water depth of about 2,500 m, with final investment decision readiness targeted later this year. The chosen concept is a subsea development to a semisubmersible producing 100,000 bbl/d of oil for transfer to an FSO.
Excess gas would likely head via a pipeline to existing offshore gas export infrastructure.
Main components of the reservoir development plan include crestal gas injection, peripheral water injection and phased development drilling (24 wells in total).
Work completed last year included the FPU FEED, offshore seabed surveys and ocean-bottom node seismic data interpretation, with subsea hardware vendor engineering under way and main tender packages issued for competitive bids.
Offshore Africa and Australia
In the Egyptian Red Sea, Woodside participated in a 3D seismic acquisition over offshore blocks 3 and 4, and a 2D survey was acquired over acreage offshore northern Australia.
International update
Following completion of the merger with BHP’s petroleum business, Woodside exited exploration offshore Canada and South Korea.
02.27.2023
