Chevron Initiates Water Injection to Boost Gulf of Mexico Oil Recovery

Chevron Corporation has launched water injection operations at its Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti facilities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico to enhance oil and natural gas recovery.

These two projects aim to maximize returns from existing resources and contribute to growing production to 300,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2026, according to Bruce Niemeyer, president of Chevron Americas Exploration & Production.

“These achievements follow the recent production startup at our high-pressure Anchor field, reinforcing Chevron’s position as a leader in technological delivery and project execution in the Gulf,” he said.

At the Jack/St. Malo facility, Chevron has commenced its first waterflood project in the deepwater Wilcox trend. Theproject includes new water injection facilities, two production wells, and two injection wells, which are expected to add 175 million barrels of oil equivalent to the field’s gross recovery.

The Tahiti facility has also begun water injection into its first deepwater producer-to-injector conversion wells, integrating a new water injection manifold and 20,000 feet of flowline. The Tahiti facility, which started operations in 2009, has surpassed 500 million gross barrels of oil-equivalent production.

Chevron operates the St. Malo field with a 51% working interest, while the Tahiti facility is operated with a 58% stake.

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