该深水油田于 2009 年发现，预计峰值产量为 100,000 桶/天，分布在密西西比峡谷的四个 OCS 区块，水深超过 4,000 英尺

美国政府维托深水油田。（来源：壳牌）

在做出最终投资决定不到五年后，壳牌通过其子公司壳牌离岸公司和 Equinor 已开始在美国墨西哥湾 (GoM) 的 Vito 深水油田生产。

该深水油田于 2009 年发现，目前正在通过半潜式浮式生产设施进行生产。预计峰值产量为每天 100,000 桶油当量 (boepd)。

Vito 由壳牌运营，标志着该公司在墨西哥湾的第 13 个深水主机。其开发概念涉及四柱半潜式主机设施，包括八口海底井，配有深井、气举以及相关海底出油管线和设备。

维托深水油田的产出将进入壳牌中游的火星管道系统。

壳牌上游总监佐伊·尤伊诺维奇 (Zoe Yujnovich) 表示：“To 是一个很好的例子，说明我们如何开展项目以满足当今和未来的能源需求，同时在我们努力到 2050 年实现净零排放的过程中保持弹性。”

“凭借 40 多年的深水专业知识，Vito 等项目使我们能够从墨西哥湾创造更大的价值，我们的石油生产是世界上温室气体排放强度最低的国家之一。”

壳牌离岸公司拥有Vito开发项目63.1%的股份，Equinor持有剩余股份约36.9%。

Vito 油田于 2009 年发现，分布在密西西比峡谷的四个外大陆架 (OCS) 区块上。它位于路易斯安那州新奥尔良东南近241公里处，水深超过4,000英尺。

Vito 主要开发项目的可采资源量目前估计为 2.9 亿桶油当量。

据壳牌称，Vito项目还将通过复制近100%的船体和80%的上部结构，作为该公司鲸鱼油田开发的设计标准。

Discovered in 2009, the deepwater oilfield, which has an estimated peak production of 100,000boepd, is spread over four OCS blocks in the Mississippi Canyon, and located at a water depth of over 4,000ft

The Vito deepwater oilfield in US GoM. (Credit: Shell)

Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Offshore, and Equinor have commenced production at the Vito deepwater oilfield in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM), less than five years after making a final investment decision.

The deepwater field, which was discovered in 2009, is producing through a semi-submersible floating production facility. It has an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd).

Operated by Shell, Vito marks the company’s 13th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico. Its development concept involved a four-column semi-submersible host facility with eight subsea wells with deep in-well, gas lift, and related subsea flowlines and equipment.

The Vito deepwater oilfield will produce into the Mars Pipeline system of Shell Midstream.

Shell upstream director Zoe Yujnovich said: “Vito is an excellent example of how we are approaching our projects to meet the energy demands of today and tomorrow, while remaining resilient as we work toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

“Building on more than 40 years of deep-water expertise, projects like Vito enable us to generate greater value from the GoM, where our production has amongst the lowest greenhouse gas intensity in the world for producing oil.”

Shell Offshore has a stake of 63.1% in the Vito development project, while Equinor holds the remaining stake of around 36.9%.

Discovered in 2009, the Vito field is spread over four outer continental shelf (OCS) blocks in the Mississippi Canyon. It is located at a water depth of over 4,000ft and is nearly 241km southeast of New Orleans in Louisiana.

The recoverable resource volume of the main Vito development is currently estimated at 290 million boe.

According to Shell, the Vito project will also serve as the design standard for the company’s Whale oil field development by replicating nearly 100% of its hull and 80% of its topsides.