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GARDEN BANKS GREEN CANYON ATWATER VALLEY
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MISSISSIPPI CANYON DESOTO CANYON
VIOSCA KNOLL
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M Miocene
SALT
CANOPY
SALT
Representative Cross SectionNorth to South
DEEPWATER GULF OF MEXICO
1 Aconcagua Mississippi Canyon 305 1999 7,039 Total 13,923
2 Atlantis Green Canyon 699 1998 6,133 BP 19,525
3 Atlas Lloyd Ridge 50 2003 9,000 Anadarko 19,828
4 Atlas NW Lloyd Ridge 5 2004 8,810 Anadarko 16,769
5 Baha Alaminos Canyon 600 1996 7,620 Shell NA
6 Bass Lite Atwater Valley 426 2001 6,623 Mariner 14,120
7 Big Foot Walker Ridge 29 2006 5,000 Chevron 25,933
8 Blind Faith Mississippi Canyon 696 2001 6,900 Chevron 24,000
9 Callisto Mississippi Canyon 876 2001 7,800 Total 20,780
10 Camden Hills Mississippi Canyon 348 1999 7,213 Marathon 15,365
11 Cascade Walker Ridge 206 2002 8,203 Petrobras 30,213
12 Cheyenne Lloyd Ridge 399 2004 8,987 Anadarko 27,775
13 Chinook Walker Ridge 469 2003 8,826 Petrobras 27,652
14 Constitution Green Canyon 680 2003 5,100 Kerr-McGee 13,727
15 Dalmatian DeSoto Canyon 48 2008 5,876 Murphy NA
16 Devil's Tower Mississippi Canyon 773 1999 5,607 Dominion 18,403
17 Freedom/Gunflint Mississippi Canyon 948 2008 6,100 BP 29,280
18 Goldfinger Mississippi Canyon 771 2004 5,423 Dominion NA
19 Gotcha Alaminos Canyon 856 2006 7,800 Shell 15,625
20 Great White Alaminos Canyon 857 2002 8,009 Shell 19,705
21 Horn Mountain Mississippi Canyon 126 1999 5,400 BP 14,677
22 Isabela Mississippi Canyon 562 2007 6,500 BP 19,100
23 Jack Walker Ridge 759 2004 7,000 Chevron 29,000
24 Jubilee Atwater Valley 349 2003 8,800 Anadarko 18,309
25 Jubilee Extension Lloyd Ridge 309 2005 8,774 Anadarko NA
26 Julia Walker Ridge 627 2007 7,087 ExxonMobil 31,167
27 Kaskida Keathley Canyon 292 2006 5,860 BP 32,499
28 Keltics Mississippi Canyon 912 2002 6,700 ExxonMobil 26,000
29 King Mississippi Canyon 84 1993 5,386 BP 15,185
30 King West Mississippi Canyon 84 2002 5,430 BP 10,783
31 King's Peak 1 DeSoto Canyon 133 1992 6,541 BP 12,834
32 Kodiak Mississippi Canyon 771 2008 5,000 BP 31,150
33 La Femme Mississippi Canyon 427 2004 5,800 Newfield 11,323
34 Mensa Mississippi Canyon 731 1986 5,300 Shell 15,500
35 Merganser Atwater Valley 37 2002 7,900 Anadarko 21,740
36 Mission Deep Green Canyon 955 2006 7,300 Anadarko 26,536
37 Na Kika - Airel Mississippi Canyon 429 1995 6,200 BP 12,033
38 Na Kika - Coulomb Mississippi Canyon 657 1988 7,600 Shell 16,767
39 Na Kika - E. Anstey Mississippi Canyon 607 1998 7,000 BP NA
40 Na Kika - Fourier Mississippi Canyon 522 1989 7,000 BP 19,200
41 Na Kika - Herschel Mississippi Canyon 520 1997 6,800 BP 17,500
42 Na Kika - Kepler Mississippi Canyon 383 1987 5,800 BP 17,660
43 Neptune Atwater Valley 575 1995 6,162 BHP 19,012
44 Q Mississippi Canyon 961 2005 7,925 Hydro 18,607
45 Red Hawk Garden Banks 877 2001 5,300 Kerr-McGee 23,500
46 Rigel Mississippi Canyon 252 1999 5,200 Dominion 16,200
47 San Jacinto DeSoto Canyon 618 2004 7,850 Dominion 15,829
48 Seventeen Hands Mississippi Canyon 299 2000 5,400 Murphy 11,570
49 Silvertip Alaminos Canyon 815 2004 9,226 Shell 14,778
50 South Dachshund/ Lloyd Ridge 001 2005 8,340 Anadarko NA
Mondo NW Extension
51 Spiderman DeSoto Canyon 621 2003 8,100 Anadarko 18,065
52 St. Malo Walker Ridge 678 2003 6,900 Chevron 28,903
53 Stones Walker Ridge 508 2005 9,576 BP 29,400
54 Thunder Hawk Mississippi Canyon 734 2004 5,724 Murphy 24,831
55 Thunder Horse Mississippi Canyon 778 1999 6,103 BP 25,770
56 Thunder Horse North Mississippi Canyon 776 2000 5,640 BP 26,046
57 Ticonderoga Green Canyon 768 2004 5,250 Kerr-McGee 13,556
58 Tiger Alaminos Canyon 818 2004 9,004 Chevron 15,231
59 Tobago Alaminos Canyon 859 2004 9,627 Shell 18,510
60 Tortuga Mississippi Canyon 561 2008 6,500 Noble Energy 19,885
61 Trident Alaminos Canyon 903 2002 9,687 Chevron 20,500
62 Triton Mississippi Canyon 772 2002 5,610 Dominion 14,445
63 Vicksburg DeSoto Canyon 353 2007 7,457 Shell 24,500
64 Vortex Atwater Valley 261 2002 8,340 BHP 21,140
Year of Water
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Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator MD (ft)
Year of Water
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator MD (ft)
Year of Water
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator MD (ft)
ULTRA
DEEPWATER
DISCOVERIES
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Miocene
Targets in the deepwater Miocene
trend have generally been influenced
by salt intrusion, making reservoir
geology difficult to understand.
Projects in the development phase
must balance increased well
complexity with a desire to reduce
drilling and completion costs.
EXPLORATION:
Seismic imaging in narrow
mini-basins
Sand identification
DRILLING:
Narrow drilling margin
Borehole stability challenges
Complex well trajectories in
development projects
Improving drilling efficiency
COMPLETION AND PRODUCTION:
Unconsolidated formations
Cross flow between wells
due to extensive faulting
Production declines that
must be offset with methods
to enhance recovery
Lower Tertiary
The Lower Tertiary trend is generally
characterized by older sediments with
lower porosities, ultra-deepwater
depths, reservoir depths greater than
26,000 ft and high bottomhole
pressures.
EXPLORATION:
Limited geologic/analogue
well information
Lack of reservoir modeling
DRILLING:
High well costs
Narrow drilling margin
Extreme reservoir depth
COMPLETION AND PRODUCTION:
High completion cost
Low reservoir porosity and
variances in permeability
Economic challenges due to
reservoir quality and flow
capability
Salt Canopy
The extensive Salt Canopy greatly
impacts seismic imaging quality.
Salt bodies present unique well
planning demands, slow drilling
progress and require highly
engineered completion solutions to
ensure long-term well productivity.
EXPLORATION:
Seismic attenuation
Depth imaging below salt
Defining base of salt
Locating and identifying inclusions
DRILLING:
Drilling optimization through salt
High vibration and shock
Salt exit strategy
Unexpected tar deposits
COMPLETION AND PRODUCTION:
Casing size limitations
Salt creep
Reservoir compartmentalization
Reservoir compaction with
pressure depletion
Halliburton Answers
The complex challenges presented
by the Miocene and LowerTertiary
trends, coupled with the Salt Canopy
in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, are
immense. This table merely sug-
gests a few.
The answers are equally complex.
Shaped by geologic and economic
extremes, they require an all-inclusive
perspective that leverages every
capability across all disciplines.
Success in deepwater environments
also calls for a service company with
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with the experience and customer
commitment to achieve efficiencies
through the entire process, for the
life of the well.
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LOWER TERTIARY TREND MIOCENE TREND
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SALT CANOPY
DEEPWATER DISCOVERIES ULTRA-DEEPWATER DISCOVERIES
Challenge Summary
1 Allegheny South Green Canyon 298 2005 3,280 ENI 15,977
2 Anduin Mississippi Canyon 755 2005 2,400 ATP 15,555
3 Anduin West Mississippi Canyon 754 2008 2,696 Newfield NA
4 Aspen Green Canyon 243 2001 3,063 Nexen 24,815
5 Balboa East Breaks 597 2001 3,373 Anadarko 9,350
6 Boris Green Canyon 282 2001 2,393 BHP 7,159
7 Brutus Ru Green Canyon 202 2002 3,160 Shell 18,055
8 Caesar Green Canyon 683 2006 4,500 Anadarko 29,721
9 Claymore Atwater Valley 140 2006 3,700 Anadarko 24,803
10 Clipper Green Canyon 299 2005 3,452 Pioneer 18,352
11 Cottonwood Garden Banks 244 2001 2,000 Petrobras 23,730
12 Crested Butte Green Canyon 242 2004 2,846 Nexen 24,395
13 Danny Garden Banks 506 2007 2,700 Helix (ERT) NA
14 Dawson Deep Garden Banks 669 2001 3,000 Kerr-McGee 20,720
15 Dawson Deep Garden Banks 625 2004 2,900 Kerr-McGee 10,835
16 Deimos Mississippi Canyon 806 2002 3,000 Shell 21,850
17 Devils Island Garden Banks 344 2002 2,300 Helix (ERT) 25,177
18 Droskhy Green Canyon 244 2007 2,900 Marathon NA
19 Durango Garden Banks 667 2001 3,150 Kerr-McGee 16,139
20 Entrada Garden Banks 782 2000 4,642 Callon Petroleum 20,305
21 Ewing Bank 1006 Ewing Bank 1006 2003 1,854 Walter 12,382
22 Ewing Bank 878 Ewing Bank 878 2000 1,523 Walter 9,378
23 Falcon East Breaks 579 2001 3,400 Pioneer 10,295
24 Freedom/Gunflint Mississippi Canyon 948 2008 2,696 Newfield NA
25 Front Runner Green Canyon 338 2000 3,500 Murphy 24,258
26 Front Runner South Green Canyon 339 2001 3,500 Murphy 21,359
27 Garden Banks 205 Garden Banks 205 2002 1,329 LLOG 5,863
28 Geauxpher Garden Banks 462 2008 2,820 Mariner NA
29 Geauxpher Garden Banks 465 2008 2,820 Mariner NA
30 Genghis Kahn Green Canyon 652 2005 4,300 BHP Billiton 29,130
31 Gladden Mississippi Canyon 800 2008 3,116 Newfield NA
32 Goose Mississippi Canyon 751 2003 1,548 Hydro 14,288
33 Green Canyon 448 Green Canyon 449 2008 3,266 LLOG NA
34 Gunnison Garden Banks 668 2000 3,131 Kerr-McGee 21,730
35 Harrier East Breaks 759 2003 3,609 Pioneer NA
36 Hawkes Mississippi Canyon 509 2001 4,174 ExxonMobil 23,143
37 Healey Green Canyon 82 2007 2,420 W&T 11,980
38 Hornet Green Canyon 379 2002 3,849 Anadarko 19,350
39 Jason Green Canyon 344 2000 2,126 Newfield NA
40 K2 Green Canyon 562 2002 3,956 Agip 25,971
41 K2 North Green Canyon 518 2004 4,000 Anadarko 26,641
42 Knotty Head Green Canyon 512 2005 3,557 Nexen 34,189
43 Longhorn Mississippi Canyon 546 2006 2,461 Nexen 18,090
44 Longhorn North (prev. Ringo) Mississippi Canyon 502 2006 2,329 ENI 11,125
45 Lorien Green Canyon 199 2003 2,179 Noble Energy 10,787
46 Lost Ark East Breaks 421 2001 2,740 Noble Energy 7,770
47 Magellan East Breaks 424 2007 2,800 Mariner NA
48 Marco Polo Green Canyon 608 2000 4,300 Anadarko 18,071
49 Medusa North Mississippi Canyon 538 2003 2,185 Murphy 10,130
50 Mighty Joe Young Green Canyon 737 2000 4,429 Mariner 11,400
51 Mississippi Canyon 401 Mississippi Canyon 401 2002 1,134 Apache NA
52 Mississippi Canyon 503 Mississippi Canyon 503 2007 3,099 LLOG NA
53 Mississippi Canyon 68 Mississippi Canyon 68 2000 1,353 Walter NA
54 Mississippi Canyon 72 Mississippi Canyon 72 2008 2,013 LLOG NA
55 Mississippi Canyon 837 Mississippi Canyon 837 2001 1,520 Walter 7,000
56 Navajo East Breaks 690 2001 4,114 Kerr-McGee 12,972
57 Ness Green Canyon 507 2001 3,950 Amerada Hess 12,500
58 Noonan Garden Banks 506 2007 2,700 Helix (ERT) NA
59 North Boomvang1 East Breaks 599 2001 3,153 Anadarko 12,080
60 North Boomvang2 East Breaks 598 2001 3,416 Anadarko 9,818
61 Northwest Navajo East Breaks 646 2002 3,937 Kerr-McGee 12,860
62 Ochre Mississippi Canyon 66 2002 1,144 Mariner 7,572
63 Ozona Deep Garden Banks 515 2001 3,280 Marathon NA
64 Pardner Mississippi Canyon 400 2001 1,200 Anadarko/Apache 17,010
65 Perseua Viosca Knoll 830 2003 3,376 Chevron 13,134
66 Pony Green Canyon 468 2006 3,440 Amerada Hess 32,448
67 Princess Mississippi Canyon 765 2000 3,650 Shell 27,156
68 Puma Green Canyon 823 2004 4,130 BP 19,034
69 Quatrain Green Canyon 382 2002 3,500 Murphy 22,918
70 Raptor East Breaks 713 2003 3,600 Pioneer NA
71 Raton South Mississippi Canyon 292 2007 3,400 Noble 20,913
72 Redrock Mississippi Canyon 204 2006 3,334 Noble Energy 23,365
73 Shenzi Green Canyon 654 2002 4,400 BHP 26,857
74 Slam Mississippi Canyon 849 2002 3,599 Noble Energy 16,227
75 South Dorado Viosca Knoll 915 2003 3,494 BP 14,990
76 Sturgis Atwater Valley 183 2003 3,700 Chevron NA
77 SW Horseshoe East Breaks 430 2000 2,285 Walter 10,346
78 Swordfish Viosca Knoll 961 2001 4,677 Mariner NA
79 Tahiti Green Canyon 640 2002 4,017 Chevron 27,500
80 Telemark Atwater Valley 63 2000 4,385 ATP 18,898
81 Tomahawk East Breaks 623 2003 3,514 Pioneer 9,054
82 Tubular Bells Mississippi Canyon 725 2003 4,300 BP 31,131
83 Tulane Garden Banks 158 2001 1,100 Amerada Hess 12,000
84 West Navajo East Breaks 689 2002 3,905 Kerr-McGee 12,918
85 West Tonga Green Canyon 726 2007 4,700 Anadarko NA
86 Wrigley Mississippi Canyon 506 2005 3,700 Newfield 19,800
87 Yosemite Green Canyon 516 2001 4,452 Agip 11,745
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Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator MD (ft)
2000 TO2008
DEEPWATER
DISCOVERIES
1,000 FT 4,999 FT
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