Chevron reports that its Tahiti field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico recently passed a production milestone, producing its 500 millionth barrel of oil equivalent in June.
The company says that this makes it the sixth-largest asset—by total oil-equivalent output—in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico to date.
Chevron started production at Tahiti in 2009. The field was developed from two subsea drill centers near the two Tahiti appraisal wells in Green Canyon blocks 596 and 640. They produced into a floating production facility supported by a truss spar. This became the first spar with no drilling capability and no surface wellheads.
However, the company reports that maintaining a high level of output at the field has required extensive development over the past 15 years.
This has included projects involving water injection, infill drilling and new reservoir drilling. Most recently, Chevron has started injecting water into its first deepwater Gulf injection wells that have been converted from production wells.
With these upgrades in place, Tahiti could continue producing through approximately 2045, Chevron says.
Tahiti is among six offshore platforms operated by Chevron in the US Gulf of Mexico. That figure includes Chevron’s newest addition, Anchor, which achieved first oil in August.
Chevron’s US Gulf of Mexico production, including contributions from projects at Tahiti, Jack/St. Malo and Anchor, is expected to reach 300,000 net barrels of oil-equivalent per day by 2026. That figure represents an increase of more than 50% over 2020 levels, Chevron says.
