Beacon Offshore Energy reported production from its Shenandoah deepwater development has reached the production rate target of 100,000 boed (117,000 boepd). The success lay in the ramp-up of four Phase 1 development wells, with the field's floating production system (FPS) posting high uptime and reliability performance. The ramp-up was attained within 75 days of first oil, which is evidence of high operability of Shenandoah FPS.
Located on Walker Ridge Block 52 some 150 miles from Louisiana in 5,800 ft of water, the Shenandoah field comes on in reservoirs at approximately 30,000 ft true vertical depth. The project employs state-of-the-art high-pressure 20,000-psi equipment-a most demanding in the offshore industry-positioning Beacon at the leading edge of next-generation deepwater Gulf of Mexico development.
120,000 bopd and 140 MMcfd nameplate Shenandoah FPS is the host facility in the region and will have the capability to host future Inboard Wilcox trend development. Beacon will back-tie proximal discoveries like Shenandoah South and Monument, with Shenandoah having approximately 600 MMboe of recoverable resources.
Coming on stream so shortly after early oil, it shows what can be achieved by the Shenandoah system and producers," a Beacon spokesman declared. The high-pressure character of the field should provide a possibility for other Gulf high-stress deep reservoirs to be economically produced using similar systems.
Beacon Offshore Energy of Houston was established in 2016 and has current working interests in 87 deepwater leases covering almost 500,000 gross acres. Beacon is partnered with HEQ Deepwater and Navitas Petroleum for the Shenandoah project, one of the most developed deepwater oil developments in the Gulf.