壳牌已批准其 2018 年在美国墨西哥湾的深水多佛发现，作为其运营的阿波马托克斯生产中心的海底回接。

这家超级巨头于 3 月 15 日宣布，已对该项目做出最终投资决定 (FID)，预计该项目将于 2024 年底或 2025 年初投产，峰值产量可达 21,000 桶油当量/天。

2018年，壳牌宣布多佛发现是该公司在诺夫利特地质区的第六个发现。当时，运营商表示，多佛对大约 13 英里外的阿波马托克斯主机“具有有吸引力的潜在回接”。密西西比峡谷 612 区块的发现井水深 7,500 英尺，净产油量超过 800 英尺。

海底开发概念要求通过 17.5 英里长的管线和立管通往阿波马托克斯生产中心，建设两口生产井。

去年，壳牌对 Rydberg 进行了最终投资决定，这是与 Appomattox 的另一个海底回接项目。

壳牌深水执行副总裁保罗·古德费洛 (Paul Goodfellow) 在一份新闻稿中表示：“壳牌是 Appomattox 诺夫利特油藏领域的先驱，我们正在与 Dover 合作巩固我们在诺弗利特油藏领域的领先地位。”

壳牌拥有多佛油田 100% 的权益，以及 Appomattox 生产中心 79% 的权益。

Shell has sanctioned its 2018 deepwater Dover discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as a subsea tieback to its operated Appomattox production hub.

The supermajor announced on March 15 it had taken a final investment decision (FID) on the project, which is expected to go onstream in late 2024 or early 2025 and produce up to 21,000 boe/d at peak rates.

In 2018, Shell announced the Dover find was the company’s sixth discovery in the Norphlet geologic play. At the time, the operator said Dover was “an attractive potential tieback” to the Appomattox host about 13 miles away. The discovery well in Mississippi Canyon Block 612 was in 7,500 ft water depth and encountered more than 800 net ft of pay.

The subsea development concept calls for two production wells to be produced through a 17.5-mile flowline and riser to the Appomattox production hub.

Last year, Shell took FID on Rydberg, which is another subsea tieback to Appomattox.

"Shell is a pioneer in the Norphlet reservoir with Appomattox, and we are building on our leading position in the reservoir with Dover," Paul Goodfellow, Shell's executive vice president for deepwater, said in a press release.

Shell holds 100% interest in the Dover discovery and 79% interest in the Appomattox production hub.