Shenandoah production platform heading to Gulf of Mexico

Jan. 3, 2025
Beacon Offshore Energy has confirmed that the new 120,000-bbl/d Shenandoah FPS is in transit to the US Gulf of Mexico and should arrive in mid-February.
Courtesy Subsea7
Subsea7 awarded contract in the US Gulf of Mexico
Subsea

Subsea7 installing GoM Monument-Shenandoah tieback

Dec. 12, 2024
Beacon Offshore Energy has booked Subsea7 to handle subsea tieback operations for the Monument development in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Courtesy Navitas Petroleum
US & Gulf of Mexico

GATE secures commissioning contract for Shenandoah FPS project

Jan. 29, 2024
GATE Energy's scope includes final pre-commissioning and commissioning planning and execution following sailaway from South Korea.
Courtesy Trendsetter Engineering Inc.
Trendsetter Trident Image
US & Gulf of Mexico

Trendsetter Engineering wins Shenandoah project contract

Jan. 13, 2023
Company will provide a 20,000-psi subsea well intervention package.

Beacon Offshore Energy has confirmed that the new 120,000-bbl/d Shenandoah semisubmersible floating production system is in transit to the US Gulf of Mexico and should arrive in mid-February.

The development remains on track for first oil in second-quarter 2025.

According to David Mirzai, energy analyst at consultants SP Energy, operations have now started on completing the second of four Phase 1 produce wells. Rig flowback operations will start early in 2025 followed by completion of the final two Phase 1 wells.

Beacon and partners HEQ Deepwater and Navitas Petroleum have also sanctioned the Shenandoah Phase 2 development, which should add a further 110 MMboe to the project.

The same partnership signed a two-well subsea tieback agreement to connect 75 MMboe produced from the Zephyrus field to the Shell-operated Olympus production platform, which is set to go onstream in late 2025.

However, as Mirzai pointed out, the Shenandoah project had previously undergone a six-month overrun of the initially planned timetable due to construction issues at the yard with the production platform.

He added that Navitas is relying on revenues from first oil from Shenandoah to advance FID of its Sea Lion oil project in the offshore North Falkland basin.


Check out Offshore's November/December 2024 cover story by Managing Editor Bruce Beaubouef:

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Jeremy Beckman | Editor, Europe

Jeremy Beckman has been Editor Europe, Offshore since 1992. Prior to joining Offshore he was a freelance journalist for eight years, working for a variety of electronics, computing and scientific journals in the UK. He regularly writes news columns on trends and events both in the NW Europe offshore region and globally. He also writes features on developments and technology in exploration and production.