ExxonMobil has completed the world's longest extended-reach well drilled from an existing offshore fixed platform drilling rig, increasing the company's ability to produce more domestic oil supplies from existing facilities at the Santa Ynez unit, offshore southern California.
ExxonMobil has completed the world's longest extended-reach well drilled
from an existing offshore fixed platform drilling rig, increasing the company's
ability to produce more domestic oil supplies from existing facilities at the
Santa Ynez unit, offshore southern
California
. The
well drilled from the Heritage platform using ExxonMobil's Fast Drill
technology extends more than six miles horizontally and more than 7,000 feet
below sea level.
Through the use of this extended reach drill technology, the well will be able
to produce an additional 5.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, an amount equal
to the annual energy consumption of over 144,000 Californians.
"ExxonMobil is applying its advanced drilling technologies to produce more
domestic supplies of oil to meet
America
's
growing energy needs," said Kok-Yew See, ExxonMobil's
U.S.
production manager. "These new tools and lessons learned from our recent
work off
Russia
's
Sakhalin
Island
have
been key in helping us reach these resources safely and efficiently."
The Santa Ynez Unit, located in federal waters, is comprised of the Hondo,
Harmony and Heritage platforms. They produce oil and gas from the Hondo,
Pescado and Sacate fields. Since 1981, the Santa Ynez Unit has produced more
than 450 million barrels of oil. During that time, the Santa Ynez Unit has
earned 12 Safety Awards for Excellence from the Pacific Region of the U.S.
Department of Interior Minerals Management Service (MMS) for outstanding safety
and environmental performance on the Outer Continental Shelf.
In 2007, ExxonMobil advanced the science of extended reach drilling, which
allowed oil production in the western Sacate field from the existing offshore
Heritage platform. Geologists and engineers have employed this technology on
the newest well to access previously unreachable resources without installing
an additional structure.
ExxonMobil is also applying its leading-edge Fast Drill technology to achieve
improvements in drilling rates by up to 80 percent. The technology is resulting
in new production being brought on quickly, safely and at lower cost.
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