Type:
Oil & Gas
Design:
Fixed steel jacket
Installed:
1984
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
322
meters
Country:
USA - Lake Jackson District
Block:
EAST BREAKS 60. Block 110
Intro
Tequila is a subsea tie-back development in the Gulf of Mexico, producing oil and gas through the Hoover-Diana platform system. First production began in the late 1990s. The development has no standalone surface facility and is integrated into existing deepwater infrastructure.
Field
The Tequila Field is located in the Alaminos Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Reservoirs are deepwater Miocene and Lower Tertiary sandstones. The field is relatively modest in size and was developed as a subsea tie-back to the Hoover-Diana development to optimise recovery.
Facilities
The Tequila development consists of subsea wells tied back via flowlines and umbilicals to the Hoover-Diana spar platform, which acts as the host facility. Subsea trees and manifolds gather hydrocarbons and route them to the host. At Hoover-Diana, processing includes separation, oil stabilization, and gas compression. Oil is exported via the Hoover Offshore Oil Pipeline System (HOOPS), a major deepwater crude pipeline network delivering to onshore Louisiana. Gas is exported via regional gas transmission pipelines connected to the Gulf Coast grid. Produced water is treated prior to discharge. Subsea control systems use electro-hydraulic umbilicals. The development leverages existing infrastructure to reduce capital costs and enable efficient production.
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