In September, Shell announced first oil from the Cardamom development. This new subsea system is tied back to the Auger platform.
The development includes five new wells and is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day at its peak rate.
Since the first production at Auger in 1994, the facility has received several upgrades to process additional production from new discoveries and Cardamom is Auger’s seventh subsea development.
“ Auger makes Cardamom possible, Cardamom extends life of Auger. ”
The Cardamom reservoir sits beneath think layers of salt in rock more than 6 kilometres below the sea floor and went undetected by conventional seismic surveys. Shell used the latest advancements in seismic technology to discover Cardamom in 2010.
The Cardamom field is approximately 360 kilometres southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water more than 800 metres deep.