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Coulomb Development Project
Coulomb is located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 657 and 613, located in approximately 7600' of water about 26 miles east of the Na Kika production host facilities.
- MC Block 657 was acquired by Shell in OCS Lease Sale 104 in 1986. MC 613 was originally acquired by Kerr-McGee and Petrobras America Inc. in 1988. In 2000, Shell acquired Kerr-McGee's interest.
- The discovery well and sidetrack were drilled in 1988 and the appraisal well and sidetrack were drilled in 2000.
- MC Block 657 is 100% owned by Shell. Shells owns 67% of MC Block 613; Petrobras America owns the remaining 33%.
- Coulomb is primarily gas.
- Coulomb is produced back to the Na Kika production host facility using a subsea production system consisting of two wells. Production began in mid 2004.