Chevron Maximizes Oil and Gas Recovery with Deepwater Gulf Projects

Chevron Corporation, an energy company, announced the commencement of water injection operations at two projects in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico to improve oil and gas recovery. 

These operations took place at Chevron’s current facilities in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico, Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti, where the company operations generate oil and gas with a low carbon footprint.  

Bruce Niemeyer, the President of Chevron Americas Exploration and production said, “Delivery of these two projects maximizes returns from our existing resource base and contributes toward growing our production to 300,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day in the US Gulf of Mexico by 2026.”

He added, “These achievements follow the recent production startup at our high-pressure Anchor field, reinforcing Chevron’s position as a leader in technological delivery and project execution in the Gulf.” 

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The St. Malo facility, part of the Jack/St. Malo facility, completed its initial water injection operation, representing Chevron’s first waterflood project in the deepwater Wilcox trend. 

The project, delivered under budget, added new water injection facilities, two new production wells, and two new injection wells. 

Chevron expects this project to enhance the field’s overall recovery by around 175 million barrels of oil equivalent. 

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Since starting production in 2014, Jack and St. Malo fields have together produced almost 400 million gross barrels of oil equivalent, located about 280 miles south of New Orleans in 7,000 feet of water. 

In the Tahiti field, Chevron has initiated the injection of water into its first deepwater Gulf producer-to-injector conversion wells, which involves the installation of a new water injection manifold and 20,000 feet of flexible water injection flowline. 

Located about 190 miles south of New Orleans in approximately 4,100 feet of water, the Tahiti facility has already produced over 500 million gross barrels of oil equivalent since operations were initiated in 2009. 

Additionally, Chevron is exploring advanced drilling and production technologies to increase recovery from both the Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti fields in future development phases.