中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油2023年2月16日报道，英国壳牌公司旗下的子公司壳牌海上公司宣布，壳牌海上公司在美国墨西哥湾运营的维托油田浮式生产设施已经开始石油生产。据估计，维托油田浮式生产设施的峰值石油日产量为10万桶，是壳牌公司在墨西哥湾地区首个采用简化、有成本效益的主机设计的深水平台。
壳牌公司上游总监Zoe Yujnovich表示：“维托油田浮式生产设施是一个很好的例子，说明我们如何处理我们的项目，以满足今天和明天的能源需求，同时保持弹性，因为我们努力在2050年前实现净零排放。”“基于40多年的深水专业知识，像维托油田浮式生产设施这样的项目使我们能够从美国墨西哥湾产生更大的价值，美国墨西哥湾是我们在世界上生产石油的温室气体强度最低的地方之一。”
2015年，原主机设计进行了重新审视和简化，在设施的整个使用周期内减少了约80%的二氧化碳排放，同时比原主机概念降低了70%以上的成本。
维托油田浮式生产设施还作为壳牌公司鲸鱼项目的设计标准，鲸鱼项目将99%复制维托油田浮式生产设施船体，80%复制维托油田浮式生产设施上部模块。
壳牌公司在能源转型中蓬勃发展的动力进步战略包括增加对低碳能源解决方案的投资，同时继续追求最节能和最高回报的上游投资。
维托油田最初在2009年被发现，维托油田横跨密西西比河峡谷的四个外大陆架(OCS)区块，水深超过4000英尺(1220米)。 主机位于新奥尔良市东南约150英里(241公里)的海域以及位于壳牌公司运营的火星TLP项目以南10英里(16公里)处。
维托油田浮式生产设施是一个四柱半潜式主机设施，拥有8口井深18000英尺或5500米的水下井、气举以及相关的海底管线和设备。
目前估计维托油田开发的可采资源量为2.9亿桶油当量。
壳牌公司是美国墨西哥湾石油和天然气生产的主要运营商。除了在巴西和美国墨西哥湾的业务外，壳牌公司的深水投资组合还包括其在阿根廷的页岩作业以及在墨西哥、苏里南、圣多美和普林西比、阿根廷和纳米比亚的前沿勘探机会。
李峻 编译自 世界石油
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Shell begins oil production at first deep-water platform in Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), announced has begun oil production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM). With an estimated peak production of 100,000 boed, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design.
“Vito is an excellent example of how we are approaching our projects to meet the energy demands of today and tomorrow, while remaining resilient as we work toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050,” said Zoe Yujnovich, Shell’s Upstream Director, adding, “Building>In 2015, the original host design was rescoped and simplified, resulting in a reduction of approximately 80% in CO2 emissions over the lifetime of the facility as well as a cost reduction of more than 70% from the original host concept.
Vito also serves as the design standard for Shell’s Whale project that will feature a 99% replication of the Vito hull and 80% of Vito’s topsides.
Shell’s Powering Progress strategy to thrive through the energy transition includes increasing investment in lower-carbon energy solutions, while continuing to pursue the most energy-efficient and highest-return Upstream investments.
Originally discovered in 2009, the Vito field spans four Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) blocks in the Mississippi Canyon at a depth of more than 4,000 ft (1,220 m) of water. The host is approximately 150 miles (241 km) southeast of New Orleans and 10 miles (16 km) south of the Shell-operated Mars TLP.
Vito is a four-column semi-submersible host facility with eight subsea wells (31,000 ft or 9,400 m) with deep (18,000 ft or 5,500 m) in-well, gas lift, and associated subsea flowlines and equipment.
Current estimated recoverable resource volume of the Vito development is 290 million boe.
Shell is the leading operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production. In addition to operations in Brazil and the U.S. GoM, Shell’s deep-water portfolio includes our Argentina Shales organization and frontier exploration opportunities in Mexico, Suriname, Sao Tome & Principe, Argentina and Namibia.