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休斯顿壳牌离岸公司对斯巴达做出了最终投资决定 (FID)，斯巴达是美国墨西哥湾 (GoM) 的一个深水开发项目，该公司表示，这代表了其“简化和复制项目的竞争性方法”。 

Sparta 由 Shell Offshore Inc.（51% 运营商）和 Equinor Gulf of Mexico LLC（49%）所有，预计将达到约 90,000 桶油当量/天的峰值产量，目前已发现的可采资源量估计为 244 MMboe。Sparta 横跨 Garden Banks 地区的四个外大陆架区块，将成为壳牌在墨西哥湾的第 15 个深水主机，预计将于 2028 年开始生产。壳牌表示，Sparta 通过标准化、简化的主机展示了

其具有成本效益的开发方法设计，首先在Vito 开发中使用，后来在Whale 开发中复制。Sparta 是 Vito 和 Whale 的增强版，复制了 Whale 约 95% 的船体和 Whale 85% 的上部结构。

Sparta 还标志着壳牌在墨西哥湾的第一个开发项目，可利用压力高达每平方英寸 20,000 磅的油藏进行生产。

斯巴达开发项目将是壳牌第一个采用全电动上部压缩设备的可复制项目，该公司表示，这大大降低了其运营中的温室气体强度和排放量。

Sparta 将在水深超过 1,400 m（4,700 ft）的地方配备一台半潜式生产主机，最初有八口石油和天然气生产井。Sparta 的设计与日产量 10 万桶的 Vito 和 Whale 设计非常相似，这两个项目都是四柱半潜式主机设施。Vito位于大火星走廊，于2月开始生产。Whale将位于Perdido走廊，计划于2024年上线。

2023年12月19日

Offshore staff

HOUSTON — Shell Offshore made the final investment decision (FID) for Sparta, a deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) that the company says represents its "competitive approach to simplifying and replicating projects." 

Owned by Shell Offshore Inc. (51% operator) and Equinor Gulf of Mexico LLC (49%), Sparta is expected to reach a peak production of about 90,000 boe/d and currently has an estimated, discovered recoverable resource volume of 244 MMboe. Sparta, which spans four Outer Continental Shelf blocks in the Garden Banks area, will be Shell’s 15th deepwater host in the GoM and is expected to start production in 2028.

Shell says Sparta showcases its cost-efficient development approach through standardized, simplified host designs, first utilized at the Vito development and later replicated at the Whale development. An enhanced replication of Vito and Whale, Sparta replicates about 95% of Whale’s hull and 85% of Whale’s topsides.

Sparta also marks Shell’s first development in the GoM to produce from reservoirs with pressures up to 20,000 pounds per square inch.

The Sparta development will be the first of Shell’s replicable projects to feature all-electric topside compression equipment, which the company says significantly reduces greenhouse gas intensity and emissions from its operations.

Sparta will feature a semisubmersible production host in a depth of more than 1,400 m (4,700 ft) of water, initially with eight oil and gas producing wells. Sparta’s design closely replicates the 100,000-bbl/d Vito and Whale designs, both of which are four-column semisubmersible host facilities. Vito is located in the greater Mars Corridor and began production in February. Whale will be located in the Perdido corridor and is scheduled to come online in 2024.

12.19.2023