(Source: Datamonitor)
Italian energy company Eni has started production from its Longhorn gas field located in the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Canyon Blocks 502/546, 60 miles off the Louisiana coast.
Eni operates the Longhorn field with a 75% working interest, while Nexen holds the remaining 25%. The field will initially produce gas at a rate of approximately 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day from four subsea wells in water depth of 2,500ft which are connected to the Eni-operated Corral platform, previously known as Crystal.
The platform is a conventional jacket structure located in MC Block 365 about 20 miles northwest of the field in 620ft of water depth. It has been fitted with a newly built production and compression facility with a processing capacity of 250 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and 6,000 barrels of oil per day.
In addition to the Longhorn field, the Corral platform is being outfitted to increase liquids production capacity up to 12,000 barrels per day to accommodate the future tie-in of the Appaloosa oil field (Eni with 100%), now under development with production anticipated to start in 2010.
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