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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Shell has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus—the company’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Olympus sits in approximately 945 meters (3,100 feet) of water. The Mars field produced an average of over 60,000 boe per day in 2013.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the latest oil and gas lease sales for federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico garnered $872,143,771 million in high bids on 329 tracts covering 1,707,358 acres. billion in bid revenues. —BOEM Director Tommy P.

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APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. bp now operates five production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika and Thunder Horse. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

BP announced a giant oil discovery at its Tiber Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The well, located in Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) south east of Houston, is in 4,132 feet (1,259 metres) of water. BP advances in drilling depth and reach.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Petrobras will be the first company to operate an FPSO (floating oil production, storage and outflow) type platform in the American portion of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), in the Cascade and Chinook fields. The vessel BW Pioneer will be turret-moored at a water depth of about 2,600 meters—by far the deepest for an FPSO. Source: Keppel.

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MARCH 20, 2010

Shell announced a “significant” new oil discovery in the deepwater eastern Gulf of Mexico, adding to discoveries in the area from 2009. The discovery is located at the Appomattox prospect in 2,200 metres (7,217 feet) of water in Mississippi Canyon blocks 391 and 392. Shell sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Ford Motor Company is furthering its commitment to aggressively step up water conservation programs at its global facilities and among the company’s suppliers, according to its 15 annual Sustainability Report, released today. Plans are under way to further cut water use by another 2% this year and to set new long-term goals.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

A newly released study—authorized by Congress and jointly funded and prepared by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states— projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River Basin and adjacent areas over the next 50 years.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the Perdido regional DVA (direct vertical access) spar is the deepest spar production facility in the world. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 16, 2014

Shell announced its third major discovery in the Norphlet play in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the successful Rydberg exploration well. After more than 10 years of exploration activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Shell continues to lead industry in exploring this Jurassic play. Norphlet play. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

an independent oil exploration and production company focusing on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola and Gabon, announced a significant oil discovery at its North Platte prospect on Garden Banks Block 959 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In the Gulf of Mexico, Total also holds a 33.3%

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MARCH 31, 2015

Production has begun in the Hadrian South Field in the Keathley Canyon area, located some 230 miles (370 km) off the coast of Louisiana, with water depths around 2,332 meters (7,651 feet, or 1.45 ExxonMobil, the operator, holds a 46.67% interest in the Hadrian South field, Eni 30% and Petrobras 23.33%.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Scientists are expecting an average, but still large, hypoxic or “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and slightly above­average hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay. Because of the shallow nature of large areas of the estuary the focus is on water volume or cubic miles, instead of square mileage as used in the Gulf. cubic miles.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Chevron Corporation announced a new oil discovery at the Moccasin prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The well is located approximately 216 miles (348 km) off the Louisiana coast in 6,759 feet (2,060 meters) of water and was drilled to a depth of 31,545 feet (9,615 meters). The Keathley Canyon Block 736 Well No.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The projected water year 2021 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell—the amount that would have flowed to Lake Mead, the reservoir created by Hoover Dam, without the benefit of storage behind Glen Canyon Dam—is approximately 32% of average. Lake Powell water elevation. Under this tier, Lake Powell will release 7.48

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

BP announced the start-up of Na Kika Phase 3, a project supporting BP’s strategy of growing high-margin production at four BP-operated hubs in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Na Kika semi-submersible platform is located about 140 miles (225 km) southeast of New Orleans in more than 6,000 feet (1,828 meters) of water.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Malo PS003 well in the prolific Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Malo development is located approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water. Oil flow rates, though limited by testing equipment constraints, exceeded 13,000 barrels of oil per day. Chevron’s Jack/St.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Beaudreau announced that Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales. million acres, located from three to 230 nautical miles offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, in water depths ranging from 9 to more than 11,115 feet (3 to 3,400 meters).

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AUGUST 10, 2015

Schlumberger expanded its Gulf of Mexico multiclient wide-azimuth seismic data portfolio by launching a new survey in the Campeche Basin. Broadband 3D wide-azimuth survey designed and modeled based on in-depth understanding of the geological structure of the Gulf of Mexico. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2012

The Pacific Santa Ana , a deepwater drillship built to Chevron’s specifications, has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work for Chevron under a five-year contract with a subsidiary of Pacific Drilling S.A. It does not matter if the water depth is 5,000 feet or 15,000 feet, should the riser become disconnected, the well will be dead.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced that eight Research Consortia will be funded for the next three years with a total of $112.5 million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Project Title: Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Water and oxygen are the only by-products. In parallel with the e-gas plant in Werlte, Audi also operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA, for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in collaboration with Joule. This roughly corresponds to the amount that a forest of more than 220,000 beech trees absorbs in one year.

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MARCH 23, 2021

General Motors plans to reduce water intensity of its operations by 35% by 2035, compared to a 2010 baseline, which could result in enough savings to fill about 4,254 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While GM’s operations are not water-intensive, water is required for some manufacturing processes.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

In mid-December 2013, BP announced its discovery in the Gila prospect, its latest in the Paleogene in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. This is BP’s third discovery in recent years in the emerging Paleogene trend in the Gulf of Mexico, following Kaskida in 2006 and Tiber in 2009. Click to enlarge. —Joseph H.

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MAY 8, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. Shell is also in the concept selection phase for the Appomattox and Vito discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of its $4-billion Big Foot project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m).

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JUNE 8, 2011

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced two major oil discoveries and a gas discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after drilling the company’s first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well. “This is one of the largest discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico in the last decade. Graphic: Business Wire). Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, US Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are among the largest in the Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other in approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of water in the Walker Ridge area, approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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MAY 14, 2013

day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico with the best high-resolution seismic data and imagery yet obtained of sediments with high gas hydrate saturations. The water depth at the well is 6,562 feet (2,000 meters), and the red and blue colors shown within the image correspond to sediment layers, which mostly dip westward.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the consolidated Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 in New Orleans on 20 June 202012. The Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program schedules 12 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

This field is located in the Walker Ridge area in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM), at a water depth of approximately 2,900 meters (9,500 feet). This development will host the deepest floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the world and will be Shell’s first FPSO in the Gulf of Mexico.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí. The facility will have the lowest water consumption per vehicle produced in the production network. production.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Malo project, its first operated project located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m). The Jack and St. The Lower Tertiary trend.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

BP announced today the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. in about 4,500 feet (1,371 meters) of water. BP is one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico with net production of more than 250,000 boed.

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