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Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Year of Water Projected
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator Status Onstream onstream Prod. type*
Aconcagua Mississippi Canyon 305 1999 7,039 Marubeni Producing 2002 SS
Allegheny South Green Canyon 298 2005 3,280 ENI Producing 2005 SS
Amethyst Mississippi Canyon 26 2014 1,122 Stone Energy Producing 2016 SS
Anchor Green Canyon 807 2015 5,183 Chevron Appraisal
Anduin Mississippi Canyon 755 2005 2,400 W&T Producing 2007 SS
Anduin West Mississippi Canyon 754 2008 2,696 LLOG Producing 2010 SS
Appaloosa Mississippi Canyon 459 2008 2,500 ENI Producing 2011 SS
Appomattox Mississippi Canyon 392 2010 7,290 Shell Development 2020 FPS
Aspen Green Canyon 243 2001 3,063 Walter Producing 2002 SS
Atlantis Green Canyon 699 1998 6,133 BP Producing 2007 Semi
Atlas Lloyd Ridge 50 2003 9,000 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Atlas NW Lloyd Ridge 5 2004 8,810 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Balboa East Breaks 597 2001 3,373 Apache Producing 2010 SS
Barataria Mississippi Canyon 521 2015 6,771 Deep Gulf Energy Producing 2017 SS
Bass Lite Atwater Valley 426 2001 6,623 Apache Producing 2008 SS
Big Bend Mississippi Canyon 698 2012 7,200 Noble Energy Producing 2015 SS
Big Foot Walker Ridge 29 2006 5,000 Chevron Development 2018 TLP
Black Widow Ewing Bank 966 1998 1,840 Apache Producing 2000 SS
Blind Faith Mississippi Canyon 696 2001 6,900 Chevron Producing 2008 Semi
Blue Wing Olive Mississippi Canyon 427 2016 5,800 LLOG Development 2018 SS
Boomvang East Breaks 642 1997 3,539 Anadarko Producing 2002 Spar
Boomvang North East Breaks 599 2001 3,153 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Boris Green Canyon 282 2001 2,393 BHP Producing 2003 SS
Brutus Green Canyon 158 1989 2,985 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2001 TLP
Brutus Ru Green Canyon 202 2002 3,160 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2003 SS
Buckskin Keathley Canyon 872 2009 6,920 LLOG Development 2019 SS
Caesar Green Canyon 683 2006 4,500 Anadarko Producing 2012 SS
Caicos Green Canyon 564 2016 4,225 BHP Appraisal
Callisto Mississippi Canyon 876 2001 7,800 Anadarko Producing 2011 SS
Calpurnia Green Canyon 727 2017 4,330 Anadarko Appraisal SS
Camden Hills Mississippi Canyon 348 1999 7,213 Shell Producing 2002 SS
Cardamom Garden Banks 427 2010 2,720 Shell Producing 2014 SS
Cardona Mississippi Canyon 29 2014 2,135 Stone Energy Producing 2014 SS
Cardona South Mississippi Canyon 29 2014 2,135 Stone Energy Producing 2014 SS
Cascade Walker Ridge 206 2002 8,203 Petrobras Producing 2012 FPSO
Cheyenne Lloyd Ridge 399 2004 8,987 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Chinook Walker Ridge 469 2003 8,826 Petrobras Producing 2012 SS
Claiborne Mississippi Canyon 794 2015 1,500 LLOG Development 2018 SS
Clipper Green Canyon 299 2005 3,452 Bennu Oil & Gas Producing 2013 SS
Coelacanth Ewing Bank 834 2012 1,186 Walter Development 2018 FP
Conger Garden Banks 215 1998 1,450 Hess Producing 2000 SS
Constellation Green Canyon 627 2014 4,385 Anadarko Development 2018 SS
Constitution Green Canyon 680 2003 5,100 Anadarko Producing 2006 Spar
Coronado Walker Ridge 98 2013 6,127 Chevron Appraisal
Cottonwood Garden Banks 244 2001 2,000 Petrobras Producing 2007 SS
Crosby Mississippi Canyon 899 1997 4,400 Shell Producing 2001 SS
Crown & Anchor Viosca Knoll 959 2015 4,300 LLOG Development 2018 SS
Dalmatian DeSoto Canyon 48 2008 5,876 Murphy Producing 2014 SS
Dalmatian South DeSoto Canyon 134 2012 6,394 Murphy Producing 2014 SS
Danny Garden Banks 506 2007 2,700 Talos Producing 2010 SS
Daniel Boone Green Canyon 646 2004 4,230 W&T Producing 2009 SS
Dantzler Mississippi Canyon 782 2013 6,580 Noble Energy Producing 2015 SS
Dawson Garden Banks 669 2001 3,000 Anadarko Producing 2004 SS
Dawson Deep Garden Banks 625 2004 2,900 Anadarko Producing 2006 SS
Deimos Mississippi Canyon 806 2002 3,000 Shell Producing 2005 SS
Delta House - Marmalard Mississippi Canyon 300 2012 5,781 LLOG Producing 2015 FPS
Delta House - Mississippi Canyon 431 2012 5,013 LLOG Producing 2015 FPS
Son of Bluto II
Devils Tower Mississippi Canyon 773 1999 5,607 ENI Producing 2004 Spar
Diana East Breaks 945 1990 4,670 ExxonMobil Producing 2000 Spar
Diana South Alaminos Canyon 65 1996 4,679 ExxonMobil Producing 2000 SS
Don Larsen East Breaks 598 2001 3,416 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS

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Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Year of Water Projected
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator Status Onstream onstream Prod. type*
Dorado Viosca Knoll 915 2002 4,023 Anadarko Producing 2009 SS
Droshky Green Canyon 244 2007 2,900 Marathon Producing 2010 SS
Durango Garden Banks 667 2001 3,150 Anadarko Producing 2004 SS
Einset Viosca Knoll 873 1998 3,500 Shell Producing 2002 SS
Europa Mississippi Canyon 935 1994 3,900 Shell Producing 2000 SS
Ewing Bank 1006 Ewing Bank 1006 2003 1,854 Walter Producing 2005 SS
Ewing Bank 998 Ewing Bank 998 2009 1,000 Walter Producing 2011 SS
Ewing Bank 878 Ewing Bank 878 2000 1,523 Walter Producing 2001 SS
Falcon East Breaks 579 2001 3,400 Marubeni Producing 2003 SS
Fastball Viosca Knoll 1003 1999 3,000 W&T Producing 2009 SS
Fort Sumter Mississippi Canyon 566 2016 7,062 Shell Appraisal
Friesian Green Canyon 599 2006 3,830 Anadarko Appraisal
Front Runner Green Canyon 338 2000 3,500 Murphy Producing 2004 Spar
Front Runner South Green Canyon 339 2001 3,500 Murphy Producing 2005 SS
Garden Banks 205 Garden Banks 205 2002 1,329 LLOG Producing 2005 SS
Geauxpher Garden Banks 462 2008 2,820 Apache Producing 2009 SS
Genghis Khan Green Canyon 652 2005 4,300 BHP Producing 2007 SS
Gila Keathley Canyon 93 2013 4,900 BP Appraisal
Gladden Mississippi Canyon 800 2008 3,116 W&T Producing 2011 SS
Glider Green Canyon 248 1996 3,300 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2004 SS
Goldfinger Mississippi Canyon 771 2004 5,423 ENI Producing 2005 SS
Goose Mississippi Canyon 751 2003 1,548 LLOG Producing 2012 SS
Gotcha Alaminos Canyon 856 2006 7,800 Total Development SS
Great White Alaminos Canyon 857 2002 8,009 Shell Producing 2010 Spar
Guadalupe Keathley Canyon 10 2014 3,992 Chevron Appraisal
Gunflint Mississippi Canyon 948 2008 6,100 Noble Energy Producing 2016 SS
Gunnison Garden Banks 668 2000 3,131 Anadarko Producing 2003 Spar
Habanero Garden Banks 341 1999 2,001 Shell Producing 2003 SS
Hadrian South Keathley Canyon 919 2009 7,425 ExxonMobil Producing 2015 SS
Harrier East Breaks 759 2003 3,609 Marubeni Producing 2004 SS
Hawkes Mississippi Canyon 509 2001 4,174 ExxonMobil Possible FPS
Healey Green Canyon 82 2007 2,420 W&T Appraisal
Heidelberg Green Canyon 903 2009 5,300 Anadarko Producing 2016 Spar
Holstein Green Canyon 644 1999 4,292 Anadarko Producing 2004 Spar
Holstein Deep Green Canyon 643 2014 2,890 Anadarko Development 2018 SS
Hoover Alaminos Canyon 25 1997 4,806 ExxonMobil Producing 2000 Spar
Horn Mountain Mississippi Canyon 126 1999 5,400 Anadarko Producing 2002 Spar
Isabela Mississippi Canyon 562 2007 6,500 BP Producing 2012 SS
Jack Walker Ridge 759 2004 7,000 Chevron Producing 2014 FPS
Jubilee Atwater Valley 349 2003 8,800 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Jubilee Extension Lloyd Ridge 309 2005 8,774 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Julia Walker Ridge 627 2007 7,087 ExxonMobil Producing 2016 SS
K2 Green Canyon 562 2002 3,956 Anadarko Producing 2005 SS
K2 North Green Canyon 518 2004 4,000 Anadarko Producing 2006 SS
Kaikias Mississippi Canyon 2014 4,575 Shell Development 2019 SS
Kaskida Keathley Canyon 292 2006 5,860 BP Appraisal
Katmai Green Canyon 40 2014 2,100 Noble Energy Appraisal
King Mississippi Canyon 764 1997 2,940 Shell Producing 2000 SS
King Mississippi Canyon 84 1993 5,386 Anadarko Producing 2002 SS
King Kong Green Canyon 472 1989 3,799 ENI Producing 2002 SS
King West Mississippi Canyon 84 2002 5,430 Anadarko Producing 2003 SS
King’s Peak Desoto Canyon 133 1992 6,541 BP Producing 2002 SS
Kodiak Mississippi Canyon 771 2008 4,829 Deep Gulf Energy Producing 2016 SS
La Femme Mississippi Canyon 427 2016 5,800 LLOG Development 2018 SS
Ladybug Garden Banks 409 1997 1,360 Union Oil Co. of California Producing 2001 SS
Leon Keathley Canyon 642 2014 6,119 Repsol Appraisal
Llano Garden Banks 386 1997 2,294 Shell Producing 2004 SS
Logan Walker Ridge 969 2011 7,750 Statoil Appraisal
Longhorn Mississippi Canyon 502, 546 2006 2,461 ENI Producing 2009 SS
Lorien Green Canyon 199 2003 2,179 Noble Energy Producing 2006 SS
Lost Ark East Breaks 421 2001 2,740 Noble Energy Producing 2002 SS
Lucius Green Canyon 875 2009 7,100 Anadarko Producing 2015 Spar

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Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Year of Water Projected
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator Status Onstream onstream Prod. type*
Mad Dog Green Canyon 826 1999 4,400 BP Producing 2005 Spar
Madison Alaminos Canyon 24 1998 4,854 ExxonMobil Producing 2002 SS
Magellan East Breaks 424 2007 2,800 Apache Appraisal SS
Magnolia Garden Banks 783 1999 4,700 ConocoPhillips Producing 2004 TLP
Manatee Green Canyon 155 1998 1,940 Shell Producing 2002 SS
Mandy Mississippi Canyon 199 2010 2,465 LLOG Producing 2012 SS
Marco Polo Green Canyon 608 2000 4,300 Anadarko Producing 2004 TLP
Mars B Mississippi Canyon 807 1989 3,100 Shell Producing 2014 TLP
Mars B - West Boreas Mississippi Canyon 762 2004 3,112 Shell Producing 2014 SS
Mars B - South Deimos Mississippi Canyon 762 2010 3,122 Shell Producing 2014 SS
Marshall East Breaks 949 1998 4,376 ExxonMobil Producing 2001 SS
Matterhorn Mississippi Canyon 243 1991 2,862 W&T Producing 2003 TLP
Medusa Mississippi Canyon 582 1999 2,125 Murphy Producing 2002 Spar
Medusa North Mississippi Canyon 538 2003 2,185 Murphy Producing 2005 SS
Mensa Mississippi Canyon 731 1986 5,300 Shell Producing 2000 SS
Merganser Atwater Valley 37 2002 7,900 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Mica/Mickey Mississippi Canyon 211 1990 4,314 ExxonMobil Producing 2001 SS
Mirage Mississippi Canyon 941 1991 3,914 Bennu Oil & Gas Producing 2010 SS
Mississippi Canyon 401 Mississippi Canyon 401 2002 1,134 Apache Producing 2005 SS
Mississippi Canyon 68 Mississippi Canyon 68 2000 1,353 Walter Producing 2001 SS
Mississippi Canyon 837 Mississippi Canyon 837 2001 1,520 Walter Producing 2003 SS
Mississippi Canyon 72 Mississippi Canyon 72 2008 2,013 LLOG Producing 2009 SS
Moccasin Keathley Canyon 736 2011 6,739 Chevron Appraisal SS
Morgus Mississippi Canyon 942 1999 3,937 Bennu Oil & Gas Producing 2012 SS
Na Kika - Ariel Mississippi Canyon 429 1995 6,200 BP Producing 2004 SS
Na Kika - Coulomb Mississippi Canyon 657 1988 7,600 Shell Producing 2004 SS
Na Kika - E. Anstey Mississippi Canyon 607 1998 7,000 BP Producing 2004 SS
Na Kika - Fourier Mississippi Canyon 522 1989 7,000 BP Producing 2004 SS
Na Kika - Herschel Mississippi Canyon 520 1997 6,800 BP Producing 2004 SS
Na Kika - Kepler Mississippi Canyon 383 1987 5,800 BP Producing 2004 SS
Nansen East Breaks 602 1999 3,686 Anadarko Producing 2002 Spar
Navajo East Breaks 690 2001 4,114 Anadarko Producing 2002 SS
Neptune Atwater Valley 575 1995 6,162 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2008 TLP
Nile Viosca Knoll 914 1997 3,534 BP Producing 2001 SS
Northwest Navajo East Breaks 646 2002 3,937 Anadarko Producing 2003 SS
Northwestern Garden Banks 200 1998 1,750 Hess Producing 2000 SS
North Platte Garden Banks 959 2012 4,871 Cobalt Appraisal
Ochre Mississippi Canyon 66 2002 1,144 Apache Producing 2003 SS
Odd Job Mississippi Canyon 215 2014 5,996 Deep Gulf Energy Producing 2016 SS
Oregano Garden Banks 559 1999 3,400 Shell Producing 2001 SS
Orion Mississippi Canyon 110 1998 1,200 BP Producing 2000 SS
Otis Mississippi Canyon 79 2014 3,800 LLOG Producing 2016 SS
Ozona Deep Garden Banks 515 2001 3,280 Marathon Producing 2011 SS
Pardner Mississippi Canyon 400 2001 1,200 Anadarko Producing 2002 SS
Pegasus Green Canyon 385 2005 3,491 ENI Producing 2008 SS
Penn State Deep Garden Banks 216 1996 1,500 Hess Producing 1999 SS
Perseus Viosca Knoll 830 2003 3,376 Chevron Producing 2005 DT
Petronius Viosca Knoll 786 1995 1,754 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2000 CT
Phoenix Green Canyon 236 1998 1,969 Talos Producing 2010 FPU
Phobos Sigsbee Escarpment 39 2013 8,500 Anadarko Appraisal
Power Play Garden Banks 258/302 2006 2,310 Anadarko Producing 2008 SS
Prince Ewing Bank 1003 1999 1,450 EnVen Energy Ventures Producing 2001 TLP
Princess Mississippi Canyon 765 2000 3,650 Shell Producing 2002 SS
Prosperity Viosca Knoll 742 1997 1,000 Chevron Producing 2001 DT
Puma Green Canyon 821 2004 4,130 BP Appraisal
Pyrenees Garden Banks 293 2009 2,100 W&T Producing 2012 SS
Q Mississippi Canyon 961 2005 7,925 Statoil Producing 2007 SS
Quatrain Green Canyon 382 2002 3,500 Murphy Producing 2005 SS
Raptor East Breaks 668 2003 3,600 Marubeni Producing 2004 SS
Raton Mississippi Canyon 248 2006 3,400 Noble Energy Producing 2008 SS
Redrock Mississippi Canyon 204 2006 3,334 Noble Energy Appraisal
Red Zinger Mississippi Canyon 257 2016 6,000 LLOG Development 2018 SS
Rydberg Mississippi Canyon 525 2014 7,479 Shell Appraisal

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Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Year of Water Projected
Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Operator Status Onstream onstream Prod. type*
Sargent Garden Banks 339 2008 2,240 Deep Gulf Energy Producing 2010 SS
Samurai Green Canyon 432 2009 3,400 Anadarko Appraisal
San Jacinto DeSoto Canyon 618 2004 7,850 ENI Producing 2007 SS
Santa Cruz Mississippi Canyon 563 2009 6,515 Noble Energy Producing 2012 SS
Sangria Green Canyon 177 1999 1,320 Apache Producing 2002 SS
Santiago Mississippi Canyon 519 2011 6,500 Noble Energy Producing 2012 SS
Serrano Garden Banks 516 1996 3,400 Shell Producing 2001 SS
Seventeen Hands Mississippi Canyon 299 2000 5,400 ENI Producing 2006 SS
Shenandoah Walker Ridge 52 2009 5,750 Anadarko Appraisal
Shaft Green Canyon 141 2008 1,016 LLOG Producing 2010 SS
Shenzi Green Canyon 654 2002 4,400 BHP Producing 2009 TLP
Shiloh DeSoto Canyon 269 2003 7,509 Shell Appraisal
Silvertip Alaminos Canyon 815 2004 9,226 Shell Producing 2010 SS
South Dachshund/ Lloyd Ridge 001 2005 8,340 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Mondo NW Extension
South Dorado Viosca Knoll 915 2003 3,494 Anadarko Producing 2004 SS
South Raton Mississippi Canyon 292 2007 3,400 Noble Energy Producing 2012 SS
South Santa Cruz Mississippi Canyon 563 2015 6,500 Deep Gulf Energy Producing 2017 SS
Spiderman DeSoto Canyon 621 2003 8,100 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
St. Malo Walker Ridge 678 2003 6,900 Chevron Producing 2014 FPS
Stampede - Knotty Head Green Canyon 512 2005 3,557 Hess Development 2018 TLP
Stampede - Pony Green Canyon 468 2005 3,440 Hess Development 2018 TLP
Stones Walker Ridge 508 2005 9,576 Shell Producing 2016 FPSO
Sturgis Atwater Valley 183 2003 3,700 Chevron Appraisal
SW Horseshoe East Breaks 430 2000 2,285 Walter Producing 2005 SS
Swordfish Viosca Knoll 961 2001 4,677 Noble Energy Producing 2005 SS
Tahiti Green Canyon 640 2002 4,017 Chevron Producing 2009 Spar
Telemark Atwater Valley 63 2000 4,385 Bennu Oil & Gas Producing 2010 SS
Thunder Hawk Mississippi Canyon 734 2004 5,724 Murphy Producing 2009 Semi
Thunder Horse Mississippi Canyon 778 1999 6,103 BP Producing 2008 Semi
Thunder Horse North Mississippi Canyon 776 2000 5,640 BP Producing 2009 SS
Tiber Keathley Canyon 102 2009 4,132 BP Appraisal
Ticonderoga Green Canyon 768 2004 5,250 Anadarko Producing 2006 SS
Tiger Alaminos Canyon 818 2004 9,004 Chevron Appraisal
Tobago Alaminos Canyon 859 2004 9,627 Shell Producing 2010 SS
Tomahawk East Breaks 623 2003 3,514 Marubeni Producing 2004 SS
Tornado Green Canyon 280 2016 2,760 Talos Producing 2016 SS
Tortuga Mississippi Canyon 561/605 2008 6,500 Noble Energy Appraisal
Trident Alaminos Canyon 903 2002 9,687 Chevron Producing 2010 SS
Triton Mississippi Canyon 772 2002 5,610 ENI Producing 2005 SS
Troubadour Mississippi Canyon 699 2013 7,273 Noble Energy Appraisal
Tubular Bells Mississippi Canyon 683 2003 4,300 Hess Producing 2014 FPS
Tucker Walker Ridge 543 2006 6,778 Statoil Appraisal
Tulane Garden Banks 158 2001 1,100 Hess Producing 2001 SS
Valley Forge Mississippi Canyon 707 2004 1,538 LLOG Producing 2008 SS
Vicksburg DeSoto Canyon 353 2007 7,457 Shell Development 2020 FPS
Vito Mississippi Canyon 984 2009 4,038 Shell Appraisal
Vortex Atwater Valley 261 2002 8,340 Anadarko Producing 2007 SS
Warrior Green Canyon 518 2016 4,122 Anadarko Appraisal SS
West Navajo East Breaks 689 2002 3,905 Anadarko Producing 2003 SS
West Tonga Green Canyon 726 2007 4,700 Anadarko Producing 2012 SS
Who Dat Mississippi Canyon 503 2007 3,099 LLOG Producing 2011 FPS
Wide Berth Green Canyon 490 2009 3,700 Apache Producing 2012 SS
Wildling-2 Green Canyon 520 2017 4,157 BHP Appraisal
Winter Garden Banks 605 2009 3,400 W&T Appraisal
Wrigley Mississippi Canyon 506 2005 3,700 W&T Producing 2007 SS
Yeti Walker Ridge 160 2015 5,900 Statoil Appraisal
Yosemite Green Canyon 516 2001 4,452 ENI Producing 2002 SS
Yucatan Walker Ridge 95 2013 5,881 Shell Appraisal
Zia Mississippi Canyon 496 1997 1,800 Marubeni Producing 2003 SS

* CT is compliant tower. FP is fixed platform. FPS is floating production system. FPU is floating production unit. SS is subsea. DT is dry tree. TLP is tension leg platform.
Editor’s Note: First production year and development type are estimated for fields not yet onstream.

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