Italy’s Eni has begun producing natural gas from its Longhorn field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), which will initially produce at a rate of approximately 200 MMcf/d, the company said. Longhorn is in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 502 and 546, 60 miles off the Louisiana coast. Eni operates the field with a 75% working interest, while Nexen Inc. holds the remaining 25%. Gas is being produced from four subsea wells in a water depth of 2,500 feet. The wells are connected to the Eni-operated Corral platform, previously known as Crystal. The platform has been fitted with a newly built production and compression facility with a processing capacity of 250 MMcf/d and 6,000 b/d of oil. The Longhorn project achieved its first production in about three years from the initial exploration discovery made in July 2006 (see NGI, Feb. 5, 2007), and was completed in less than two years from the sanction, Eni said. In addition to the Longhorn field, the Corral platform is being outfitted to increase liquids production capacity up to 12,000 b/d to accommodate the future tie-in of the Appaloosa oil field, which is owned 100% by Eni and is under development with production anticipated to start in 2010.
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Eni Begins Producing Gas From Longhorn Field in GOM
Italy’s Eni has begun producing natural gas from its Longhorn field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the company said Monday. The field will initially produce at a rate of approximately 200 MMcf/d.
Dominion Deals Offshore Operations to Italy’s Eni for $4.76B
Dominion agreed last week to sell its offshore natural gas and oil exploration and production (E&P) operations to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA for $4.76 billion. The operations, which will nearly triple Eni’s output in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), include 967 Bcfe of proved gas and oil reserves on the shelf and in deepwater with average daily output of 503 MMcfe/d.
Dominion Deals Offshore E&P Operations to Italy’s Eni for $4.76B
Dominion agreed to sell its offshore natural gas and oil exploration and production (E&P) operations to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA for $4.76 billion. The operations, which will nearly triple Eni’s output in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), include 967 Bcfe of proved gas and oil reserves on the shelf and in deepwater with average daily output of 503 MMcfe/d.
Sempra LNG Inks Deal with Italian Producer for Cameron LNG Capacity
Sempra LNG on Monday said it signed a 20-year deal to provide Italy’s Eni S.p.A, a world leader in oil and gas production, with approximately 40% of the 1.5 Bcf/d capacity to be created by Sempra LNG’s Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal now under development near Lake Charles, LA.
Sempra, Italian Eni Sign Preliminary 20-Year Supply Deal for LA LNG Terminal
On the eve of its Wall Street analysts conference Tuesday, Sempra Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit announced a nonbinding “Heads of Agreement (HOA)” with Italy’s exploration/development company, Eni S.p.A., for a 20-year deal for one-third of the throughput at the Sempra LNG Cameron receiving terminal now under development near Lake Charles, LA.
LNG for Long Beach (CA) Harbor Clears First Local Hurdle
Tucked away in the corner of the spacious and empty Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center earlier this month, a joint federal-local port hearing on Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal drew many community stakeholders, but only three independent citizens, none of whom objected to accelerated preliminary environmental review.
