Horn Mountain Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA
Key Data:
Operator
BP
Location
Gulf of Mexico
Distance from land
100 miles southeast of New Orleans
Water depth
5,400ft of water
Block
Mississippi canyon blocks 126 and 127
Equity
BP 67%, Occidental 33%
Leases
1997 and 1998
Exploration
July 1999
Discovery
August 1999
Rig
Ocean Victory
Type
Semisubmersible
Depth
14,600ft
Pay
300ft to 550ft
Age
Miocene intervals
Wells at first oil
Eight production wells and two injection
Average drilling
16 days per every 10,000 feet drilled
Flow onstream
15,000 barrels of oil and 12 million cubic feet of gas per day
Peak rate
65,000 barrels of oil and 68 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2003
Hull
585ft in length and 106ft in diameter
Design
CSO Aker
Construction
Mantyluoto Works yard
Topsides design
Alliance Engineering
Construction
Ingleside, Texas by Gulf Marine Fabricators
Installation
Heerema's Balder
Pipeline infrastructure
Intec Engineering
Pipelines
Allseas' vessel Solitaire
Rig facilities
Helmerich and Payne
Dry trees
14
Riser
Dual barrier riser system
Internal
9 5/8
External
12¾ outer riser
Design
ABB Vetco Gray
Air cans
240ft long by 12ft diameter
Export:
Oil
Shell's Odyssey pipeline system
Gas
10in line to the Destin system operated by BP
Total cost
$600 million project
Recovery
150 million barrels of oil and gas equivalent
