Take a look inside some of our major projects to see how human ingenuity pushes technical boundaries to safely and efficiently deliver energy helping to meet rising global demand.
In June 2018 Prelude introduced gas onboard. This means equipment aboard the floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility can now switch to run on gas rather than diesel. Once fully operational, Prelude FLNG will deliver LNG to Shell’s customers around the world.
In May 2018 Shell’s Appomattox platform left Ingleside, Texas, USA for its final location in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is on track for first oil by the end of the decade. Average peak production is estimated to reach approximately 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
In April 2018 Shell took the final investment decision to develop the Vito deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Vito will be Shell’s 11th deep-water project in the area. Average peak production is estimated to reach approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Read more about VitoShell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia started oil production in December 2016. It features the country’s first tension leg platform, a floating oil production facility moored to the seabed 500 metres underwater.
Read more about the Malikai projectShell took the final investment decision in June 2016 to move ahead with a petrochemicals complex, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Read more about the complexThe Appomattox deep-water project is our largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is on track to produce first oil by the end of the decade.
We are currently developing Kaikias, a deep-water oil and gas project in the US Gulf of Mexico that will use a sub-sea tieback design.
In January 2018 Shell took the final investment decision to redevelop the Penguins oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.
We have taken the final investment decision to move ahead with the US Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, a major plant that will process ethane from shale gas.
We’ve developed a revolutionary floating LNG technology to access offshore gas fields otherwise too costly or difficult to develop.
In April 2018 Shell took the final investment decision to develop the Vito deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Vito will be Shell’s 11th deep-water project in the area.
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) produces oil from the Bonga North West field in water depths of more than 1,000 metres, adding production to the existing Bonga facility.
Shell has developed the Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Our first deep-water project in Malaysia uses Shell’s advanced technology to safely produce and pipe oil from the Gumusut-Kakap field.
The Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project signalled the birth of the natural gas industry in the Philippines.
Shell's latest deep-water project off Malaysia strengthens the country's expertise in unlocking energy from beneath the ocean's depths.
Mars B tension leg platform (TLP), deep-water oil field in the Gulf of Mexico
Natural gas from the deep-water Ormen Lange project off Norway’s coast meets around 20% of the UK’s gas needs.
The Parque das Conchas fields lie in ultra-deep water off Brazil. Several technology firsts have helped to bring the fields on-stream.
Producing cleaner-burning transport fuel and other valuable liquid products from the world’s largest gas-to-liquids plant, Pearl GTL.
Perdido is the world’s deepest spar, and the second-deepest oil and gas production hub.
Qatargas 4 is Shell's first entry into Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
One of the world's largest integrated, export-oriented oil and gas projects.
Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) is our largest integrated refinery and petrochemical complex.
Stones, in the US Gulf of Mexico, is the world’s deepest oil and gas project, operating in around 2,900 metres of water.
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