Jack / St. Malo First 18 Months of Performance and the Journey Ahead
Travis Flowers – Chevron
API Delta Chapter New Orleans, LA August 23, 2016
© 2016 Chevron Corporation Introduction
Agenda Key Messages JSM Firsts Project Overview Early Performance & What’s Ahead Enabling Technologies Best Practices & Lessons Learned Q&A
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 2 Key Messages
• The Technology development and focused reservoir learnings early in the development are keys to success in Lower Tertiary
• Long-term relationships and collaboration with Service Providers and Co-owners enabled technology
• Robust design and reliable operations are paying dividends
• Favorable early-time performance, but still many learnings ahead
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 3 JSM Firsts
Industry’s... Largest Displacement Semi-Submersible First Deepwater ESTMZ Execution Largest & Deepest Subsea Boost Pumps
Chevron’s... First Deepwater Wilcox First Subsea Multi-Phase Meters First Subsea Sampling Skid Longest Subsea Tie-back in GoM Heaviest Casing String Run Highest Depletion Pressures
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 4 Project Overview
Collaboration among co-owners enabled critical technologies & infrastructure for multi-field development around the Walker Ridge Regional Host Jack / St. Malo Stage 1 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (operator) Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC Floating Production Facility Union Oil Company of California Exxon Mobil Corporation Maersk Oil Gulf of Mexico Four LLC Eni Petroleum US LLC Located in WR 718 Petrobras America Inc. Water Depth: 7,000’ Julia Capacity: 170,000 bopd 3 Drill Centers, 10 Wells 25 miles Subsea Facilities Single-Phase Subsea Pumps 2 Export Lines (oil & gas) Expansion/Tie-Back Provisions for Julia & others
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 5 Walker Ridge Regional Host (FPU) Layout
Oil Export: 4000 psi
Living Quarters: 159 POB
Gas Export: 3450 psi
Power Capacity: 80 MW
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 6 Wilcox Reservoirs
Typical Log Section 1400’ 10 mD Opportunity Empire Thick Interval w/ Significant Oil in Place State Bldg. Substantial Reservoir Pressure Eiffel Challenges Tower 26,000 – 29,000 Ft. TVD Low Permeability Heterogeneous, Vertical Flow Barriers Primary RF w/ Minimal Aquifer Support
Louisiana Low Bubble Point State Capital Extreme Borehole Depletion Stresses Challenging Subsalt Seismic Imaging 7000’ of water 200 miles offshore
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 7 Regional Geology
4-way salt-cored anticline structures in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox trend consisting of weakly confined to unconfined turbidite channel and fan complexes deposited in deep submarine setting
JSM Stage 1 Development: 4 Wells in Jack 5 Wells in St. Malo Centrally Located FPU Single-Phase Subsea Boost Pumps
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 8 Project Performance
Gross Production MBOED On-time & under budget 125 8 wells producing over 100 MBOEPD 100 ESTMZ TM** completions yielding better 75 than forecasted well productivity 50 Excellent facility up-time; subsea pumps 25 online 0 Incident free tie-back of Julia Field 2015 2016 2017 2018 Expect all Stage 1 wells online by 1Q17 Actual Monthly Average 2015 Projection* Second stage of development in execution; Third stage in planning OBN seismic influencing resource maturation
*Shared in 4Q 2015 investor relations data **ESTMZ™ system is a trademark of Halliburton
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 9 Operational Summary
Many firsts with “serial #1” equipment Production 120 FL 8 wells Largest, most remote CVX GoM facility 100 tie-back pigging 7 wells 80 6 wells - 159 personnel-on-board, 200 miles offshore 5 wells 60 4 wells 3 wells - Three drill centers & five manifolds w/ subsea MBOEPD 40 sampling and subsea multiphase flowmeters on 20 1st oil each well 0 - 60+ miles of flowlines & risers - Largest & deepest seafloor boost pumps Operational Reliability - 9 subsea JSM wells + 2 Julia wells (and 100% growing) 95% - Systematic H2S management & flow assurance 90% 85% - Successful tie-back and ramp-up of Julia Field
Reliability 80% World class safety, spill rate & reliability 75% while managing new facility learnings & 70% top-quartile operating expense
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 10 Ramp-Up Planning & Execution
Detailed ramp-up plan executed smoothly Stable operations & regulatory alignment Ramp-Up Deliverables enabled data capture Stable Ramp of “Clean” vs “Dirty” Wells Calibrated multi-owner allocation process Calibrate Measurement & Allocation Tracers confirmed contribution from all zones Data at Initial Conditions Well performance exceeded expectations Establish kh and initial skin Well Performance Flow Back BU #1 BU #2 BU #3 Skin vs. drawdown/depletion PTA KH (md-ft) 5400 5400 5400 5400 Completion integrity Total Skin -4.5 -4.7 -4.6 -4.5 Depletion (psi) 2800 1600 2480 3745 Zonal contribution
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 11 Early-Life Signposts & What’s Ahead
Negative Signpost Positive Key Signposts Initial Productivity & Low initial skin Well performance vs. Borehole depletion Well Performance Within range of PI Degradation Reservoir connectivity expectations 8,500psi Borehole Subsea pump performance 1st three wells Depletion Delineation results Effective Areal New well MDT’s Depletion D&C effectiveness Connectivity OBN interpretation Faulting Simulation HM 12 Borehole Depletion vs. Cumulative Production Subsea Pumps Pumps online Full Depletion Level (10.5 kpsi) Water Production Very low BS&W 10 Subsea Pumps Potential Pore Deformation (8.5 kpsi) 8 Effective vertical New well MDT’s Hollow Cylinder Collapse Strength (7 kpsi) drainage RESMAN results 6 OWCs Managing depletion pace through key stresses with 4 sustained well productivity to 9,000 psi 10,000psi Borehole Depletion Borehole Depletion (kpsi) Depletion Borehole Proceeding toward highest depletion levels in 2015 step-out Undrilled Fault Blocks 2 Chevron operated oil fields worldwide Depletion Drilling & 0 Completions 0 5 10 15 Cumulative Oil (MMBO)
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 12 Enabling Technologies
Enhanced Single Trip Multi-Zone (ESTMZ) Frac Pack RESMAN Production Tracers Subsea Boost Pumps (single-phase and multi-phase) Topsides & Subsea Multi-Phase Flow Meters Ocean Bottom Node Seismic (OBN)
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 13 Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Consistency in Personnel, from Planning through Execution Enabled Success Co-Owner Collaboration Enabled Critical Technologies & Infrastructure Parallel Contingency Plans During Commissioning Kept Project on Schedule Early Regulator Engagement and Alignment Supported Execution Clear Ramp-Up Objectives Enabled Organizational Alignment & Execution ESTMZ FracPack Stimulations are Effective at Depletion Levels Seen to Date OBN Seismic Provides Improved Clarity and Potential for 4D monitoring
JSM is still very early in its life... With many exciting learnings ahead...
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 14 Q&A
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 15 Optional Slides
© 2016 Chevron Corporation Efficient Completions Single-trip Multizone Frac Pack Technology
Enhanced Single-trip Multizone(ESTMZ TM * system) Designed for long lower tertiary completions • High production rates enabled by frac pack completion • Thick oil sand intervals require three to five frac packs for effective stimulation • Reservoir pressures, interval lengths, and completion design 1,400’ TVD require improved perforating gun to survive downhole conditions • In a five zone completion, Single-trip Multizone technology saves 10 trips in the hole and Conventional Completion (5 zone) ESTMZ TM* System Completion (5 zone) reduces completion time by ~28 14 trips for completion installations 4 trips for completion installations including one including five perforation runs perforation run days per well 64 days for sandface completion 36 days for sandface completion *ESTMZ™ system is a trademark of Halliburton
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 17 Seafloor Boosting Increases Recovery and Improves Flow Rates Artificial lift challenges: Jack / St. Malo Single-phase Pump* Improve production profiles by lowering wellhead pressure Enable long tie back distance Reliability of electric submersible pumps and fluid compatibility for gas lift
Design competition strategy: Extend water depth and power for subsea single phase pumps (SPP) Subsea Pumping Shaft Power Unit Motor Power vs. Installation 3.5 Jack / St. Malo Solution: 3.0 GOM
2.5 Perdido Collaborate with Co-owners & Draugen 2.0 N. Sea OneSubsea to develop the Single- 1.5 phase Pump for JSM: 1.0 Cascade 0.5 Chinook • 3 MW motor power rating (MW) Power Motor Unit 0.0 • 13,000 psi shut-in pressure rating Year of Installation • 60,000 BOPD capacity © 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. *Photo courtesy of OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company.18 Ocean Bottom Node Imaging Technology
WAZ Technology extension for nodes with longer seabed endurance (1149 nodes/4 OCS blocks) Synergy of back-to-back surveys: On-time & budget Improved characterization of subsalt faults/compartments Baseline for potential 4D seismic Improved illumination impacting well placement
OBN
Little signal reflected Good signal reflected
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 19 Jack / St. Malo Field History
Jack Field – 2010 vintage St. Malo Field – 2005 vintage
Jack / St. Malo Activity
Field 2011 2016 2017 2018 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015
Jack FID St. Malo First Oil Discovery date Well test Exploration / Appraisal Drilling Development Drilling
© 2016 Chevron Corporation 20 Partnering Internally and Externally for Success ESTMZ TM* System Development
2006 • Technology Selection Workshop 2007
• Partnership with Halliburton to Initial* Concept / Design develop ESTMZ TM* system • System Integration Test at System Integration Tests Halliburton’s Carrollton, TX 2008 Erosion Tests • Erosion test at Halliburton’s Duncan, OK location Rangely Field Trials • Cased hole field trials at Chevron’s Rangely Field St Malo Well Test 2011 • Additional field trial at Field Development Chevron’s Lost Hills Field 2012 • Cased hole ESTMZ TM* system • (4 zone) with flow test
© 2016 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. *ESTMZ™ system is a trademark of Halliburton 21