Shell Perdido Hits First Oil.
True to our continued success, one of our major projects has just begun oil production on schedule. Perdido was a pioneer project in many regards, and T-Rex had an integral role in its development. We have worked closely with Shell throughout the years doing the subsea structural detail design for several of their fields. When it came time to design the 14 Perdido sleds, they came to us for a turn-key solution.
The full EP Magazine Article can be viewed here.
In the end, we produced 12 Unique PLETS , designed the structure for their tie-in to Exxon’s existing Export line, and produced 3Ds Max animations of the first ever subsea Oil & Gas separator. You can read more about our involvement of the Perdido project here.
Shell Oil has produced its first oil and natural gas from the Perdido development, located about 250 miles (402 km) south of Houston in the ultra-deepwater sector of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The world’s deepest offshore drilling and production facility, Perdido sits in approximately 8,000 ft (2,450 m) of water, which is roughly equivalent to six Empire State buildings stacked one atop the other, and will access reservoirs deep beneath the ocean floor. The production spar and is 60 miles (97 km) beyond any existing developments in the GoM.
