Deepest Oil Well

#oil - Shell Oil Company has drilled a subsea well 9,356 feet (1.77 miles) below the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico setting a world water depth record.

Located at the Perdido Development approximately 200 miles from Houston, the oil well is 35 percent deeper than the previous oil well record of 6,950 feet, also set by Shell at the Gulf of Mexico’s Fourier field. At Perdido, Shell intends to drill an even deeper well at the Tobago field at 9,627 feet, which will surpass its current world record.

The Perdido Development drill 35 wells (22 direct vertical access and 13 remote) in the Great White, Tobago and Silvertip fields located in Alaminos Canyon. Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the drilling and production facility will be the deepest in the world. Nine polyester mooring lines averaging more than two miles in length now hold the spar in place. The floating structure will weigh 50,000-tons and be nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower when fully operational.

Sources: Oil Voice