Astronauts just had to get to the moon. They didn’t have to figure out how to extract oil from it. With the new $3 billion Perdido oil and natural gas platform, in a remote deep-water area of the Gulf ...

There was a time when 1,500 feet of water was considered deep for a floating oil and gas platform. That’s so last decade. Now Royal Dutch Shell’s Perdido is floating in 8,000 feet of water 200 miles ...

Shell has produced first oil and natural gas from the Perdido, the world's deepest offshore drilling and production facility. Shell today produced its first oil and natural gas from the Perdido, the ...

Shell Exploration & Production Co. launched the truss spar for the Perdido regional development on Aug. 8, 2008. After a 2½-day sail, it reached location at Alaminos Canyon Block 857, about 200 miles ...

NEW ORLEANS — Shell Energy Resources Co. has started production at the world’s deepest offshore drilling and production facility in the Gulf of Mexico. The Perdido development sits in 8,000 feet of ...

Shell brought a massive oil and gas production platform into service in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. Once it reaches peak production, the so-called Perdido facility will produce 100,000 barrels of ...

Shell has awarded TechnipFMC an iEPCI contract for its Perdido Phase 2 development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Shell has awarded TechnipFMC an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and ...

Shell Offshore Inc. has added to its Paleogene exploration success in the Perdido area in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico with a discovery in its Whale well. The well encountered 1,400 net ft of ...

In a statement to Upstream, Shell sought to clarify its position on the installation of the Perdido spar in Alaminos Canyon Block 857. Shell said that some of the spar's anchors and mooring lines will ...

Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell reportedly plans to start up its new Perdido oil and gas platform this week in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform, which can produce up to 100,000 barrels per day of oil and ...

HOUSTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday fired up its newest Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platform in water as deep as five Empire State Buildings, the the world's deepest offshore ...