Whale Development Project – Gulf of Mexico

End User – Shell

The Whale development, owned by Shell Offshore Inc., is a deep-water development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, with a recoverable resource volume of 490 million boe. Discovered in 2017, Whale will feature a semi-submersible production host in more than 8,600 feet of water with 15 oil producing wells. The Whale production facility is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido platform and approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston.

Whale’s design closely replicates Vito, a four-column semi-submersible host facility located in the greater Mars Corridor and is the second Shell-operated deep-water development in the Gulf of Mexico to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design, featuring energy-efficient gas turbines and compression systems. The Whale development is expected to reach peak production of approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d)

Whale will be Shell’s 12th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico and is currently scheduled to begin production in 2024.