The Whale platform is located 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Houston, Texas, at a depth of more than 8,600 feet (2,620 m) and 10 miles from the Shell-controlled Perdido spar platform. Chevron U.S.A.
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started oil production at its Whale floating production platform, the company's 14th deep-water development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Shell (SHEL) said Whale, which holds a recoverable resource volume of 480M boe, achieved first oil around seven years after the development was discovered, primarily due to a delay in reaching a ...
Whale is approximately 200 miles (320 km ... energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants ...