Gomez Development

• Development Considerations

• Rowan Midland

• Mooring Design

• Subsea/Pipeline Installation & Commissioning

• Lesson’s Learned

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Key Features

• Gross Proved Reserves: ~100 Bcfe

• Gross Probable Reserves: ~50 Bcfe
• ATP Working Interest: 100%
• Well Test: 134 MMcfe/d
• Planned Wells: 5+

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Development Concept

• Leased Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig

• Production Modules on Aft Pipe Rack

• Pre-installed Mooring

• Produce Two Wells Initially

• Thru-tubing Well Intervention

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Rowan Midland

• Earl & Wright Design

• Launched 1976

• Excellent Remaining Fatigue Life

• Adequate Variable Deck Load

• Limited Drilling Marketability

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Rowan Midland in Drydock

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Rowan Midland in Drydock

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Rowan Midland at Sabine Pass

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Rowan Midland Tow Out

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Rowan Midland on Tow

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Mooring Design

• 12 Point Mooring for 100 Yr Storm

• Polyester to Conserve VDL

• Utilize Existing 8 Wire Windlasses on Midland

• Install 4 New Chain Jacks & Fairleads

• Load Sharing Between Lines

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Mooring Permitting

• 1st Permanent use of SEPLA anchors

• Use of 6 Strand Wire Rope

• 3rd Permanent Installation to use Polyester

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Mooring Installation
• Availability of US Flag Vessels

• Use of Foreign Flag Vessels

• Jones Act Restrictions

• Vessel to Vessel Transfer Offshore

• SEPLA Follower & Embedment

• Load Test on SEPLA

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Mooring Inspection & Maintenance

• Special IMRR for Polyester & SEPLA

• Installation of Polyester Test Specimens

• Scheduled Replacement for Wire Rope

• Scheduled ROV Inspection

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Mooring Pattern

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Mooring Configuration

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Normand Cutter

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Normand Cutter

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Normand Cutter

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SEPLA Inserted into Follower

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BallGrab Connector

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Assembed BallGrab on Deck

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SEPLA Anchor

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SEPLA Follower

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Loading SEPLA into Follower

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Launching Follower

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Launching Follower

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Flooded Polyester Hawsers

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Polyester Vessel to Vessel Transfer

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Spooling Polyester in Maersk Assister

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Subsea/Pipeline Installation & Commissioning

• 10” Gas Export Line

• 8” Oil Export Line

• Weather Downtime During Commissioning

• Pigging Problems

• Dewatering Problems

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Field Layout

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Pipeline Route

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Midnight Express Installing Umbilicals

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Midnight Express Installing Umbilicals

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Hydraulic Umbilical

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Weather Downtime

Weather Downtime

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New Pigs – 10” Gas line

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Remnants - Pigging 10” Gas line

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Gauging Pig - 10” Gas line

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Pigging 8” Oil line

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Remnants of Tracker Pig

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Pressure Trace – Pigging 8” Oil line

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Pressure Trace – Pigging 8” Oil line

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Missing Pig

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Rowan Midland on Location

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Lessons Learned

• Avoid Subsea Installation in Winter

• Dewater Pipelines from Shallow to Deep

• Avoid Scraper Pigs with Reeled Pipe

• High Water Volume Moves Stuck Pigs

• Older Rigs can be economically converted to FPF

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Lessons Learned

• Successful Fast Track Deepwater Project

• Sanction to Production in 16 months

• Ability to Expand to 6 Wells

• Currently Working on Increasing Capacity

• Current Deepwater Development favors Dry Trees

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