The view of Appomattox, Shell's new Gulf deepwater platform, from a dusty van window as a tour makes its way to the platform before it's set out to sea on Monday, April 23, 2018, in Ingleside, Texas.

Royal Dutch Shell has started producing oil and gas at its Appomattox deep water platform in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest projects launched in the basin in recent years. The Anglo-Dutch ...

That field, lying about 170 miles southeast of New Orleans in 7,500 feet of water, and 13 miles from the Appomattox, is the source of first production at the platform.

The Appomattox is expected to start producing oil by the end of 2019 once it's fully set up. The Dover discovery is Shell's sixth in the Norphlet region of the Gulf where the Appomattox is centered.

Appomattox Field is located approximately 128 kilometers ... in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico Norphlet formation and has an expected peak production of 175,000 barrels of oil ...

Appomattox start-up for Shell. Frontier field in deep-water US Gulf of Mexico ... Shell is targeting peak output of 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the floating production system ...

Appomattox boosts field prospects Shell and Canadian independent Nexen have moved a step ­closer toward implementing a ­regional field development plan after striking oil pay at the ­Appomattox ...

Appomattox field in the US Gulf of Mexico started production ahead of schedule in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico about 80 ... Worldwide Crude Oil and Gas Production. May 1, 2025 . Oil & Gas Journal.

HONG KONG, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) announced today that the Appomattox Field in the US Gulf of Mexico has safely commenced ...