Exploration and Discovery
Shell Offshore Inc. is the operator with a 51% interest. Eni Petroleum has a 34% interest and Merit Energy has a 15% interest in the project. The discovery well was drilled in late 1995 using the Transocean Rather. Two additional appraisal wells were drilled in 1996 and 1997.
The target reserves are Pliocene sands at depths between 20,500 and 24,000 feet subsea.
Development Plans
Shell announced in March 1998 its plans to develop Macaroni utilizing a subsea system tied back 12 miles to the Auger TLP on Garden Banks Block 426 in 2,860 feet of water.
The Macaroni subsea system consists of three subsea satellite wells clustered around a four-well subsea manifold in Garden Banks Block 602. Production flows through dual 6-inch by 10-inch pipe-in-pipe flowlines to the Auger TLP for processing.
Production
Production began August 23, 1999.
