Production at its Independence Hub in the Gulf of Mexico has reached 900 million cubic feet per day, reports Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
“The repairs to the Independence Trail export pipeline system and subsequent testing were successful. As a result, we’ve been able to return production to pre-shut-in levels,” Anadarko chief executive Jim Hackett says. Independence Hub is the deepest production platform ever installed in the Gulf and the largest offshore gas-processing facility ever built.
At full capacity, the platform will process about 1 billion cubic feet per day or 12% of the total gas production from the Gulf. Anadarko operates the platform, which is owned by Enterprise Products Partners LP and Helix Energy Solutions Group. Enterprise also owns the Independence Trail pipeline, where a leak occurred in April.
Production was shut in April 8, after the leak was discovered on the flex-joint assembly and required replacement of an o-ring gasket. The hub was down for approximately four weeks longer than expected. The company continues to expect its full-year 2008 production guidance to be within the announced range of 207- to 212 million barrels of oil equivalent.
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