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IONIK Consulting (Houston) Involvement in BP's Isabela/Galapagos Deepwater Development

BP US - Gulf of Mexico

IONIK Consulting, ("IONIK"), part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group") www.woodgroup.com, as part of the Isabela/Galapagos Integrated Engineering team, is responsible for delivering key technical assessments such as subsea technology plans, project quality plan, reliability documents and Integrity Management deliverables for the entire project during the Select stage and throughout the Define and Execute Stages. IONIK is accountable for conducting the following engineering assessments:

  • Technology Plans for several subsea packages (Flowline, SCR, Production Umbilical, Pigging System)
  • Cathodic Protection Design
  • Reliability Assurance Documents (RAD) (Select, Define and Execute stages)
  • Asset Integrity Management coordination
  • Isabela Quality Plan
  • Topsides and Subsea Procurement Support

The Greater Galapagos will be developed as a subsea tieback to the BP NaKika Platform. This field is approximately 5 miles south of the NaKika facilities in a water depth of ~ 6,450 ft. The project consists of the following three blocks: MC block 519, 562, and 563.

The basis for the initial project development includes the completion of the MC562 No. 1 (in the M55 oil reservoir) at the Isabela well as a subsea tied back to the NaKika platform. The infrastructure set in place for the first Isabela well will expand a flow loop through the Greater Galapagos development allowing for additional wells to be connected to the subsea system. Moreover, the production flowline-risers will be suspended from NaKika as 8” steel catenary risers (SCRs) and the SCRs will have a wet insulation coating over a single pipe.

The Greater Galapagos field will include additional subsea wells in both the Santa Cruz and Santiago fields. The Santa Cruz well was drilled during the 1st Q 2009 in MC519 and the reservoir was found to be similar to Isabela’s. Santiago is currently being assessed by Noble Energy.

  Further information:

Contact: Mayra Sanchez, +1 281 366 4103 or Martin McCrary, +1 281 366 8269