top of page
Oil wells2.png

Gomez

Online

Operator:

InterMoor

Image Source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/decommissioned-gomez364902 (All rights belong to the original owner.)

Tree5.png
turbine2.png

Type:

Oil & Gas

Design:

Fixed steel jacket

Installed:

2006

Facility:

Production

Water Depth:

960

meters

Country:

USA - New Orleans District

Block:

MISSISSIPPI CANYON 60. Block 711

Intro

Gomez is a deepwater subsea tie-back development in the Gulf of Mexico, producing oil and gas via connection to a host floating production facility. It operates as a satellite field with no surface installation, relying on nearby infrastructure for processing, compression, and export.

Field

The Gomez field is located in the Gulf of Mexico, targeting Miocene turbidite sandstone reservoirs. It is a relatively small-scale development, typical of subsea tie-backs designed to recover incremental reserves from deepwater channel and fan systems using existing host infrastructure.

Facilities

Gomez consists of subsea wells completed with subsea trees and tied into a manifold system. Multiphase production is transported via insulated flowlines to a host platform, where separation, gas compression, and produced water treatment occur. Oil is stabilised and exported via regional crude oil pipeline systems connected to the host facility, while gas is compressed and exported through offshore gas networks. Subsea umbilicals provide hydraulic control, electrical power, and chemical injection for flow assurance. Thermal insulation and continuous chemical dosing mitigate hydrate formation and wax deposition. The system operates remotely with no topside facilities at the field location. Integration with existing infrastructure minimises capital expenditure and enables efficient recovery of smaller reserves while maintaining reliable flow assurance and control.

drill2.jpg
Drilltower.jpg

Image Source: US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

Heat Exchanger2.png
marineengine.png
valve2.png

SUBMIT YOUR STORIES AND PHOTOS

RigOil is built on the stories of the people who lived and worked offshore. If you have photos or memories from life on a North Sea platform, we’d love to include them in the archive.
 

Upload your photos and help preserve this shared history.*

Image Upload

*By submitting content, you confirm you have the right to share it and grant RigOil a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use the material for editorial, promotional, and commercial purposes. Copyright remains with the contributor.

bottom of page