U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Start-up of Matterhorn
Posted: 16 November 2003
Total announced the start-up of the Matterhorn field in Mississippi
Canyon Block 243 in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The field, wholly owned and operated by Total E&P USA Inc.,
is located approximately 160 kilometers southeast of New Orleans
in a water depth of 850 meters.
Matterhorn, discovered in 1999, was developed with a floating structure
called a Tension Leg Platform, comprising the wellheads and the
separation and treatment installations.
The platform has throughput capacity of 33,000 barrels of oil per
day and 55 million cubic feet per day.
Production is transported to shore through flowlines connected
to the existing pipeline network.
Following Virgo and Aconcagua, Matterhorn is the third field operated
by Total E&P USA Inc. in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The Matterhorn field is in line with Total's strategy of increasing
production in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico where the company
has been awarded 21 new exploration blocks in 2003.
For more information see http://www.total.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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