中国石化新闻网讯 据OE网站3月15日报道，石油巨头壳牌公司批准了墨西哥湾Dover海上油田的开发。
壳牌计划通过17.5英里的出油管和立管组成两口生产井，将Dover项目开发为壳牌运营的Appomattox海上生产平台的海底回接。
Dover油田预计将于2024年底至2025年初投产，峰值产量可达2.1万桶油当量/天。
壳牌深水执行副总裁Paul Goodfellow表示：“壳牌是阿波马托克斯Norphlet油藏的先驱，我们正在Dover油藏的领先地位上继续发展。去年，我们对Rydberg做出了FID，为我们提供了一个机会，让我们在这个多产的盆地增加我们的专属区块。”
壳牌表示，对Dover的投资突显了其对美国墨西哥湾开发的长期承诺，那里的石油生产是世界上温室气体强度最低的地区之一。
最初于2018年被发现的Dover油田，位于密西西比峡谷内，距离路易斯安那州新奥尔良东南约170英里，水深约7500英尺。
壳牌未透露开发Dover的成本。
郝芬 译自 OE网站
原文如下：
Shell Greenlights Development of Dover Offshore Oil Field in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Oil major Shell has sanctioned the development of the Dover offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico.
Shell plans to develop the Dover project as a subsea tieback to the Shell-operated Appomattox offshore production platform, with two production wells produced through a 17.5-mile flowline and riser.
The Dover field is expected to start production in late 2024-early 2025 and produce up to 21,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak rates.
"Shell is a pioneer in the Norphlet reservoir with Appomattox, and we are building>Shell said that the investment at Dover underscored its long-term commitment to the US Gulf of Mexico, "where production has among the lowest greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity in the world for producing oil."
Originally discovered in 2018, Dover is located within Mississippi Canyon, approximately 170 miles offshore southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana in about 7,500 feet of water.
Shell did not share info on how much it will cost to develop the Dover project.