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Specifications - Canyon Express Gas Field, Mississippi Canyon, USA
| Key Data |
| Name | Canyon Express |
| Operator | Elf Exploration Inc |
| Location | Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico |
| Start-up | October 2002 |
| Distance form land | 120 miles southeast of New Orleans. |
| Operator | TotalFina Elf 50% |
| Partners | Mariner Energy 25% |
| Water depth | 2165m. |
| Wells | 4 |
| King’s Peak | |
| Block | Desoto Canyon 177 and 133, |
| | Mississippi Canyon 173 and 217. |
| Operator | BP |
| Water depth | 1890m |
| Wells | 4 |
| Camden Hills | |
| Location | Mississippi Canyon 348 |
| Operator | Marathon 50.03% |
| Partners | Total Exploration 16.67% and Pioneer |
| | Natural Resources 33.3%. |
| Water Depth | 2195m |
| Wells | 2 |
| Canyon Exporess Equity | |
| Operator | Elf Exploration |
| Equity | Aconcagua owners 45% |
| | BP 35% |
| | Camden Hills owners 20% |
| Platform | Canyon Station |
| Location | Main Pass area |
| | 55 miles north of Camden Hills |
| Block | Block MP 261 |
| Water depth | 299 ft |
| Owner/Opertor | Williams |
| Methanol processing | 1,900 b/d of methanol |
| Pipelines | |
| Main contractor | Saibos |
| Contract | US$ 30 million |
| In-line sleds | 11 |
| Pipelines | Dual 12-inch pipelines. |
| Capacity | up to 500 million cubic feet per day |
| Umbilicals | |
| Contractor | Kvaerner |
| Contract | $28 million |
| Distance | 62 miles of steel tube umbilicals, |
| Longest continual length | 45 miles |
| Peak gas production | 500 MMSCFD. |
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