Production begins at Pioneer’s deepwater Harrier field in Gulf

Petroleum News

Oil and gas production has begun from Pioneer Natural Resources’ deepwater Harrier field in deepwater Gulf of Mexico with daily output of about 120 million cubic feet of gas and 300 barrels of condensate, Pioneer said Jan. 12.

The Harrier discovery well, located in 4,100 feet of water, was developed as a single-well subsea tie-back to Pioneer’s Falcon field facilities at East Breaks. The field is producing into a 47 mile flowline through the Falcon manifold back to the Falcon Nest platform on the Gulf’s continental shelf. That platform is owned and operated by GulfTerra Energy Partners.

“The development team will now concentrate on completing the tie in of our two other Falcon corridor satellite discoveries, Tomahawk and Raptor, expected during the third quarter,” said Scott Sheffield, Pioneer’s chief executive officer.