The US supermajor has recently taken the reins from BP at the field, winning exploration plan approval in December for its own programme in the Keathley Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.
Chevron earned a green light for its well permit in recent weeks and has the Transocean drillship Deepwater Asgard on location on Keathley Canyon Block 102, according to the US Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement.
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