Beacon Offshore Energy公司已启动其位于美国墨西哥湾深水区的Shenandoah油田的石油和天然气生产。该公司旗下四口生产井中的第一口已于7月25日开始产油气，预计一期油井将在第三季度进一步增产，目标总产量达到10万桶/天。

Shenandoah二期项目包括两口新增油井和一台海底增压泵，预计第五口生产井将于2026年中期钻完。Shenandoah油田储量位于约30,000英尺（约9144米）的真实垂直深度，目前正在采用20,000 psi（约11,000千帕）的高压技术进行开发。Beacon公司预计，该技术将促进Inboard Wilcox趋势带其他类似油田的开发。

该油田是继去年秋季投产的雪佛龙Anchor 项目之后，美国墨西哥湾深水区投入生产的第二个 20k psi 油田。

Shenandoah 浮式生产系统 (FPS) 位于沃克岭 52 区块，距路易斯安那州海岸约 150 英里，水深约 5,800 英尺，可生产 120,000 桶/天石油和 140 百万立方英尺/天天然气。

该装置被设计为一个区域性主办设施，将用于开发更多资源，包括 Beacon 运营的 Monument 和 Shenandoah South 发现，预计与 Shenandoah 一起拥有近 6 亿桶油当量的可采资源。

Monument油田位于沃克岭271、272、315和316区块，于2020年被发现，将开发为一条双井海底回接油田，连接约17英里外的Shenandoah油田。Monument油田的最终投资决定于2024年3月做出，预计将于2026年底左右产出第一批石油。

此外，Beacon 还批准了位于 Walker Ridge 95 区块的 Shenandoah South（以前称为 Yucatan South）油田的开发。该运营商表示，该油田靠近 Shenandoah FPS，将能够通过 3 英里长的流线和专用立管连接到主平台，实现具有成本效益的海底回接开发。

Shenandoah South项目预计将包含两口井，预计第一口井将于2028年第二季度投产。Beacon公司估计，Shenandoah South的2P资源总量为7400万桶油当量。据其合作伙伴Navitas Petroleum称，为了满足Shenandoah South的生产需求，FPS的产能将从12万桶/日增加到14万桶/日。

Beacon 运营 Shenandoah South 油田。合作伙伴包括休斯顿能源公司 (Houston Energy)、HEQ Deepwater 和 Navitas Petroleum。

Beacon目前在美国墨西哥湾深水区拥有一座活跃的钻井平台。根据BSEE 7月22日的《深水活动周报》，钻井船“Ocean BlackRhino”号正在作业于运营商位于Green Canyon 944区块的Winterfell开发区。

Beacon Offshore Energy has turned the taps on oil and natural gas production from its Shenandoah field in the deepwater US Gulf. Oil and gas volumes from the first of four producing wells began on 25 July, and Beacon expects to ramp up the Phase 1 wells during the third quarter with a target aggregate deliverability of 100,000 BOPD.

Shenandoah Phase 2 includes two additional wells and a subsea booster pump with a fifth production well expected to be drilled and completed by mid-2026, according to the operator. The Shenandoah reserves, located at reservoir depths of approximately 30,000 ft true vertical depth, are being developed utilizing high-pressure 20,000-psi technology, which Beacon expects to facilitate development of other similarly situated fields in the Inboard Wilcox trend.

The field is the second 20k-psi field to come onstream in the deepwater US Gulf following Chevron’s Anchor project that started production last fall.

The Shenandoah floating production system (FPS), located on Walker Ridge Block 52 approximately 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana in a water depth of approximately 5,800 ft, can produce 120,000 BOPD of oil and 140 MMcf/D of natural gas.

The unit has been designed as a regional host facility that will enable development of additional resources including the Beacon-operated Monument and Shenandoah South discoveries which together with Shenandoah are expected to hold recoverable resources of nearly 600 million BOE.

Monument, in Walker Ridge Blocks 271, 272, 315, and 316, was discovered in 2020 and will be developed as a two-well subsea tieback to the Shenandoah host approximately 17 miles away. Final investment decision on Monument was taken in March 2024 with first oil expected around the end of 2026.

Additionally, Beacon has greenlit the development of the Shenandoah South (formerly Yucatan South) discovery located in Walker Ridge Block 95. The operator said the field’s proximity to the Shenandoah FPS will enable a cost-efficient subsea tieback development to be accomplished via a 3-mile flowline and dedicated riser connection to the host platform.

Shenandoah South is envisioned as a two-well development with initial production from the first well expected in the second quarter of 2028. Beacon estimates a total of 74 million BOE of 2P resources for Shenandoah South. According to partner Navitas Petroleum, to accommodate Shenandoah South production, capacity on the FPS will be increased from 120,000 to 140,000 BOPD.

Beacon operates Shenandoah South. Partners included Houston Energy, HEQ Deepwater, and Navitas Petroleum.

Beacon currently has one rig active in the deepwater US Gulf. According to the BSEE’s Deepwater Activity Weekly Report dated 22 July, drillship Ocean BlackRhino is on the operator’s Winterfell development in Green Canyon Block 944.