The pad, in about 4.5 feet of water, will ultimately support drilling operations for a planned 40 to 60 wells – producers and injectors – on the estimated $500 million development.
According to Pioneer Alaska operations manager Joey Hall, pad construction was completed last week, resulting in an island that stands 23 feet above the seafloor.
“The pad was made with the equivalent of 22,000 truck loads of gravel,” he told reporters at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
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