Offshore staff
HOUSTON –Petrobras has started production from Chinook field in ultra deepwater Gulf of Mexico using the FPSO BW Pioneer. This is the first-ever use of an FPSO for production in the US GoM.
The vessel is in2,500 m (8,202 ft) water depth 250 km (155 mi) offshore Louisiana and can process 80,000 b/d of oil and 1.76 MMcf/d of gas.
Oil will go ashore by shuttle tanker and the gas will pass through a pipeline.
Chinook is owned by Petrobras (66.67%) in partnership with Total Exploration Production USA Inc. (33.33%).
Click here to see a video description of the Cascade-Chinook development.
9/14/2012
