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.
