Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) announced today an oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at the Winterfell infrastructure-led exploration ("ILX") well .
GoM: Kosmos Energy announces oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
19 Jan 2021
Winterfell infrastructure-led exploration ( ILX ) well (Kosmos working interest 17.5%).
Winterfell was designed to test a sub-salt Upper Miocene prospect located in
Green Canyon Block 944. The well encountered approx. 26 meters (85 feet) of net oil pay in two intervals.
Andrew G. Inglis, Kosmos Energy’s chairman and chief executive officer said: We are pleased to have started the New Year with exploration success at Winterfell validating our proven basin exploration strategy, which is focused on low cost, short cycle, low carbon development solutions. The Winterfell well was funded by a portion of the proceeds from the partial sale of our frontier exploration portfolio. The well in Green Canyon Block 944 de-risks prospectivity in several neighboring blocks held by Kosmos, with approx. 100 million barrels of gross potential within Kosmos’ acreage position.
Credit: Oceaneering
Oceaneering has been awarded a connector supply contract from TechnipFMC to provide 2-inch M5 Connectors and Chemical Throttle Valves (CTV) for Murphy Oil s Khaleesi/Mormont and Samurai tieback project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Oceaneering said that its M5 connector provides an easy-to-install, fly-to-place connection solution that enables injection of gas or chemicals into subsea infrastructure and serves as an access point for future subsea field intervention activities such as gas lift, chemical injection, well stimulation, hydrate remediation, flooding and venting operations, acid injection and scale squeeze.
Oceaneering Rotator CTVs regulate the flow of chemicals scale, wax, and corrosion inhibitors, for example delivered to subsea production systems. Their functions are diverse, from flow control to metering and highly accurate dosing. CTVs effectively eliminate the need for topside injection and dedicated umbilical lines, the company said.