US supermajor Chevron will tie back its Buckskin discovery in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico to Anadarko Petroleum’s Lucius spar, having decided not to pursue a standalone development of the field.
Chevron has not yet made a final investment decision for the development, but the companies have agreed in principle on the plan, sources said.
A Chevron spokesman confirmed to Upstream that the US supermajor began front-end engineering and design in January on a subsea tieback of Buckskin and the associated Moccasin prospect to a third party production facility.
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