Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp.
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Brutus, during dockside integration. Image from Gulf Island Fabrication. |
Assets include Green Canyon Blocks 114, 158, 202 and 248, which are referred to as the Brutus/Glider assets. Brutus/Glider also includes the Brutus tension leg platform (TLP), the Glider subsea production system, and the oil and gas lateral pipelines used to evacuate the production from the TLP. The Brutus/Glider assets have a combined current production estimate of approximately 25,000 boe/d.
The deal, which is expected to close in October, is part of Shell’s global divestment plans.
The Glider field was discovered in 1996 and was brought online in 2004. The Glider subsea system ties back approximately 7m to Brutus via a single 6in buried and insulated flowline. The eight-slot Brutus TLP, which sits 165mi southwest of Louisiana, has been in production since 2001. The Brutus TLP was Shell's first deepwater platform to be specifically designed to serve as a hub for future subsea developments in the surrounding area.
The agreement is between Shell’s affiliate Shell Offshore and EnVen’s affiliate EnVen Energy Ventures, LLC.
On 12 May, a leak occurred at the Glider field, which shut-in all production to the associated TLP. A few days later on 15 May, production for the Brutus field resumed, while repairs were made at Glider.
Joint efforts had recovered approximately 1229 bbl (or about 51,000 gallons) of oily-water mixture. About 88,200 gallons (2100 bbl) of crude oil discharged from a segment of flowline at the Glider field approximately 90mi south of Timbalier Island, Louisiana. The leak was suspected to be from four subsea wells at the near the Glider subsea tieback system in Green Canyon block 248.
On 12 May, production from these four wells, which flow through a subsea manifold to Shell's Brutus platform, was shut-in. BSEE had reported that a 2mi x 13mi sheen was observed in the area.
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