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Specifications - Manatee Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA
| Key Data |
| Area | Gulf of Mexico |
| Location | 160 miles southwest of New Orleans |
| Block | Green Canyon Block 155 |
| Operator | Shell Exploration and Production Company (52%) and Devon Energy (48%) |
| Leases | OCS Lease Sale 157 |
| Date | April 1996 |
| Cost | $1,324,800 |
| Development type | Subsea production system |
| Water depth | 1,940ft of water |
| Wells | 2 |
| Tieback | 5 miles |
| Destination | Shell's Angus subsea manifold |
| Location | Green Canyon 113 |
| Tieback | 17 miles |
| Destination | Shell's Bullwinkle platform |
| Location | Green Canyon 65 |
| Reserves | 12 million barrels of oil equivalent |
| Peak production rates | 25,000 barrels of oil per day |
| Discovery well | April 1998 |
| Rig | Diamond's Ocean Concord |
| Type | Semi-submersible rig |
| Target | Turbidite sands |
| Depths | 16,800ft to 17,100ft subsea |
| Thickness | 100ft in two reservoirs |
| Reserve type | Oil |
| API gravity | 33º |
| Sulphur content | 1.12% wt |
| Processing platform | Bullwinkle |
| Type | Fixed platform |
| Jacket | One-piece |
| Fabrication | Gulf Marine Fabricators |
| Transport | Heerema Marine Contractors |
| Module design | Petro-Marine Engineering |
| Total height | 1,736ft |
| Well slots | 60 well slots |
| Total weight | 77,000t |
| Jacket weight | 49,375t |
| Deck weight (initial) | 2,033t |
| Piles | 10,500t |
| Conductors | 12,760t |
| Initial capacity | 59,000 barrels of oil per day and 100 million cubic feet of gas per day |