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Noble Santiago project
Noble Energy is permitted to drill a bypass well in its Santiago project 70 miles southeast of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 519), where the water depth is 6,500 feet. -
BHP Billiton Shenzi field
BHP Billiton Petroleum is permitted to drill a well in its Shenzi field, 120 miles south of Houma, La. (in Green Canyon Block 653), where the water depth is 4,234 feet. -
ATP Telemark hub
ATP Oil & Gas is permitted to finish drilling a well at its Telemark Hub, 90 miles south of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 941), where the water depth is 4,000 feet. -
Exxon Mobil Hadrian North field
Exxon Mobil Corp. is permitted to drill a new well in its Hadrian North field, 240 miles off the Louisiana coast (in Keathley Canyon Block 919), where the water depth is 6,941 feet. -
Chevron Moccasin prospect
Chevron Corp. is permitted to finish drilling an exploratory well in its Moccasin prospect, 216 miles off the Louisiana coast(Keathley Canyon Block 736), where the water depth is 6,750 feet. -
Statoil Cobra prospect
Statoil is permitted to begin drilling a well in its Cobra prospect 216 miles south of Texas City (in Alaminos Canyon Block 810), where the water depth is 7,134 feet. -
Shell Cardamom Deep discovery
Shell Oil Co. is permitted to drill a well in its Cardamom Deep discovery 255 miles southeast of Houston (in Garden Banks Block 427), where the water depth is 2,721 feet. This was the first permit issued for a deep-water well proposed since the government banned those projects. It was the first drilling permit issued under a newly submitted (and approved) deep-water exploration plan. -
ENI Mississippi Canyon Block 460
ENI U.S. Operating Co. is permitted to drill a sidetrack 57 miles southeast of Venice, La. (in Mississippi Canyon Block 460), where the water depth is 2,823 feet. -
Murphy Green Canyon Block 338
Murphy Exploration & Production Co. permitted to drill a sidetrack 170 miles southwest of New Orleans (in Green Canyon Block 338), where the water depth is 3,325 feet. -
Statoil Walker Ridge Block 969
Statoil is permitted to drill a new well 219 miles south of Houma, La. (in Walker Ridge Block 969), where the water depth is 7,813 feet.
