Offshore staff
HOUSTON– FMC Technologies, Inc. reports that its enhanced vertical deepwater tree (EVDT) system has set a new deepwater completion record of 9,627 ft (2,934 m). The world record depth was achieved at the Shell-operated Tobago field, part of the Perdido development located in the Gulf of Mexico.
The new depth record surpasses theprevious milestone of 9,356 ft (2,852 m) that was established in 2008 at Shell’s Silvertip field, which is also a part of the Perdido development. That record was also achieved with an FMC-designed EVDT, a subsea oil and gas production tree system that earned FMC the 2008 Spotlight on New Technology Award at the energy industry’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
Located on Alaminos Canyon Block 815, Shell’s Perdido development includes the Great White, Silvertip and Tobago fields. FMC’s overall scope of supply for the project has included 25 subsea trees pressure rated at 10,000 psi, five subsea caisson separation and boosting systems, two subsea manifolds and related controls and equipment. Shell operates the Tobago field on behalf of partners Chevron, Unocal and Nexen.
11/17/2011
