Shell Receives Permits for Two Alaminos Canyon Block 857 Development Tests
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Two development tests on Alaminos Canyon Block 857 have been permitted by Shell Oil Co. on one of the tracts in the company’s deepwater Lower Tertiary Perdido project. The #6GD OCS G17565 and #7GD OCS G17565 are planned on separate sites in the southern half of the tract. Area water depth is 8,400 ft. In 2019, Shell’s #7GB OCS G17571 was drilled to an unreported depth and was on Block 857, with a planned bottomhole to the south in Block 901. The Perdido prospect area is made up of numerous Lower Tertiary wells in Great White (Block 857), Tobago (Block 859) and Silvertip (Block 815) fields. Shell’s wells produce through perforations at 14,000-18,900 ft.
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Two development tests on Alaminos Canyon Block 857 have been permitted by Shell Oil Co. on one of the tracts in the company’s deepwater Lower Tertiary Perdido project. The #6GD OCS G17565 and #7GD OCS G17565 are planned on separate sites in the southern half of the tract. Area water depth is 8,400 ft. In 2019, Shell’s #7GB OCS G17571 was drilled to an unreported depth and was on Block 857, with a planned bottomhole to the south in Block 901. The Perdido prospect area is made up of numerous Lower Tertiary wells in Great White (Block 857), Tobago (Block 859) and Silvertip (Block 815) fields. Shell’s wells produce through perforations at 14,000-18,900 ft.