Shell Offshore has made a positive final investment decision (FID) for Dover, a planned subsea tieback to the Shell-operated Appomattox production hub in the US Gulf of Mexico, with two production wells produced through a 17.5-mile flowline and riser. Shell operates Appomattox with a 79% working interest, with CNOOC controlling the remaining 21%.
Dover is expected to start production in late 2024 or early 2025 and produce up to 21,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak rates.
Originally discovered in 2018, Dover is located within the Mississippi Canyon, approximately 170 miles offshore southeast of New Orleans, in about 7,500 feet of water.
Shell has a 100% working interest in Dover.
