TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 2
Summary 2
Market definition 3
US Offshore Oil and Gas Production Overview 20
Offshore production to 2030 20
Offshore cumulative production to 2030 24
Offshore remaining production to 2030 28
US Offshore Production Wells 32
Total production wells (oil & gas) overview 32
Offshore production wells (oil & gas) 35
US Offshore Drilling 37
Offshore drilling of wells to 2015 37
Offshore well drilling split by exploratory and development to 2015 39
Offshore exploratory well drilling to 2015 41
Offshore exploratory well drilling in the US, split by exploration and appraisal to 2015 43
Offshore development well drilling to 2015 45
Offshore development well drilling in the US, split by surface and sub-sea development to 2015 47
US Offshore Expenditure 49
Capex and Opex to 2015 49
US Offshore Rig Activity 53
Aera Energy 214, Auger, Barge 11, Barge 12 and Barge 300 53
Beta 1, Beta 2, Noble Danny Adkins, Noble Jim Day and Cecil Provine 54
Spartan 208, Coastal Rig 20, Coastal Rig 21, Conoco 403 and Integrity 55
Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Nautilus, Deepwater Navigator, Deepwater Pathfinder, GSF Development Driller I 56
GSF Development Driller II, Discoverer Deep Seas, Discoverer Enterprise, Dolphin 105 and Dolphin 106 57
Dolphin 109, Dolphin 110, ENSCO 23, Nabors 087 and ENSCO 29 58
ENSCO 68, ENSCO 69, ENSCO 74, ENSCO 75 and ENSCO 82 59
ENSCO 86, ENSCO 87, ENSCO 90, ENSCO 99, Exxon 64 and Freedom 60
Ocean Monarch, GSF CR Luigs, H&P 100, H&P 102 and H&P 103 61
H&P 105, H&P 106, H&P 107, H&P 108 and H&P 201 62
H&P 202, H&P 204, H&P 205, H&P 206 and H&P 403 63
H&P 404, H&P 406, H&P 91, Independence and Kulluk 64
Mods 140, Mods 141, Mods 143, Moss Sirius and Mr. Taufic Schahin 65
Nabors 075, Nabors 078, Nabors 079, Nabors 085 and Nabors 086 66
Noble Amos Runner, Noble Clyde Boudreaux, Noble Fri Rodli, Noble Jim Thompson and Noble Joe Alford 67
Noble Lester Pettus, Noble Lorris Bouzigard, Noble Paul Romano, Nuevo Rig 10 and Nuevo Rig 12 68
Nuevo Rig 13, Nuevo Rig 14, Nuevo Rig 7, Nuevo Rig 8 and Nuevo Rig 9 69
Viking Century, Ocean Champion, Ocean Columbia, Ocean Crusader and Ocean Drake 70
Ocean New Era, Viking Prospector, Ocean Saratoga, Ocean Spartan and Ocean Titan 71
Sea Tower, Ocean Victory, Ocean Voyager, Odin Liberty, Etesco Millennium 72
Hercules 257, Viking Producer, Hercules 10, Parker 2-P and Hercules 3 73
Hercules 41, PD 72-B, Hercules 211, PD 12-B and PD 14-J 74
PD 15-B, Hercules 85, PD 16-B, PD 17-B and PD 18-B 75
PD 20-B, Hercules 101, PD 21-B, Hercules 120 and PD 23-B 76
PD 24-B, PD 25-B, Hercules 25, Rig 15 and PD 50-B 77
PD 51-B, PD 54-B, PD 55-B, PD 56-B and PD 57-B 78
PD 7-B, PD 76-B, PD 8-B, Rig 14 and Aban Abraham 79
Pool 003, Pool 006, Pool 008, Pool 009 and Pool 010 80
Pool 014, Pool 016, Pool 017, Pool 411 and Pool 489 81
Pool 53, Pool 54, Pool 903, Pool 904 and Pool 908 82
Blake 1002, Blake 1003, Blake 1005, Blake 1006 and Blake 1501 83
Blake 1502, Blake 1503, Pride 200, Blake 210 and Pride 220 84
Pride 650E, Blake 651, Pride 653E, Pride 750E and Pride 751E 85
Pride 952, Seahawk 2000, Seahawk 2600, Seahawk 2500 and Seahawk 2001 86
Seahawk 2501, Seahawk 2002, Seahawk 2003, Seahawk 2502 and Spartan 202 87
Seahawk 2601, Spartan 303, Seahawk 2504, Seahawk 2004 and Seahawk 2602 88
Seahawk 2005, Seahawk 2006, Seahawk 2007, Seahawk 2505 and Seahawk 2008 89
Pride Tennessee, Seahawk 3000, Seahawk 800, Pride Wisconsin and Pride Wyoming 90
Ranger V, Ranger VI, Ranger VII, Hercules 100 and Hercules 150 91
Spartan 151, Hercules 152, Hercules 155, RBF 190 and Hercules 191 92
GPS Producer 1, Hercules 200, Hercules 201, Hercules 202 and Hercules 203 94
Hercules 204, Hercules 205, Hercules 206, Hercules 207 and Hercules 250 95
Hercules 251, Hercules 252, Hercules 253, Hercules 254 and Hercules 75 96
Hercules 77, Hercules 78, Richmond, Hercules 01 and Hercules 07 97
Hercules 09, Hercules 10, Hercules 11, Rig 11 and Rig 10 98
Hercules 15, Rig 16, Rig 16, Hercules 17 and Rig 18 99
Rig 12, Hercules 19, Hercules 20, Hercules 21 and Rig 22 100
Hercules 23, Rig 24, Rig 25, Hercules 27 and Hercules 28 101
Hercules 29, Tetra Rig 3, Hercules 30, Hercules 31 and Hercules 32 102
Rig 37, Rig 38, Rig 39, Tetra Rig 2 and Rig 4 103
Hercules 41, Rig 44, Rig 45, Hercules 46 and Hercules 47 104
Hercules 48, Hercules 49, Rig 5, Tetra Rig 28 and Hercules 52 105
Rig 54, Rig 56, Hercules 57, Tetra Rig 6 and Hercules 61 106
Rig 62, Rig 63, Hercules 64, Liberty and Justice 107
Tetra Rig 8, Rig 8, Rig 90, Rig 91 and Rig 92 108
Rig 94, Rig 98, Rig 99, Rowan Alaska, Rowan Anchorage 109
Rowan Fort Worth, Rowan Houston, Rowan Juneau, Rowan Louisiana and Rowan Midland 110
Rowan New Orleans, Rowan Odessa, SE 301, SE-302 and Thule Phoenix 111
Shell Rig A, Shell Rig C, Steelhead, Sundowner I and Sundowner II 112
Sundowner III, Sundowner V, Sundowner VII, Super Sundowner XII and Super Sundowner XVI 113
Tetra Rig 7, Noble Driller, Tyonek, Union Rig 23 and Union Rig 428 114
Union Rig 54, Union Rig 55, Union Rig 56, Union Rig 57 and Union Rig 58 115
Union Rig 76, Union Rig 77, Mods 150, Mods 201 and Nabors 801 116
Pool 429, Marathon Rig 80, Marathon Spur, Aera Energy 214 and Conoco 403 117
Holstein, Mad Dog, Super Sundowner XIX, Coastal Rig 22 and Maersk Developer 118
West Sirius, ENSCO 8500, Super Sundowner XXI, Barge 301 and Rowan Mississippi 119
Ralph Coffman, ENSCO 8501, PD 77-B, Discoverer Clear Leader and Development Driller III 120
Super Sundowner XXII, Discoverer Inspiration, ENSCO 8502, Moncla Rig 101 and Moncla Rig 103 121
Moncla Rig 104, Deep Ocean Ascension, ENSCO 8503, Deep Ocean Clarion and Joe Douglas 122
Rowan TBN 240C Jackup 4, Rowan EXL I, Rowan EXL III, Rowan EXL IV and Moncla Rig 102 123
Key 106, Moncla Rig 108, Moncla Rig 109, Key 110 and Mods 202 124
US Equity Stakes 125
Companies ranked by estimated oil production offshore in 2010 125
Companies ranked by estimated natural gas production offshore in 2010 128
Companies ranked by estimated oil & natural gas production offshore in 2010 131
Top 10 industry players ranked by estimated oil production offshore in 2010 135
Top 10 industry players ranked by estimated natural gas production offshore in 2010 137
Top 10 industry players ranked by estimated oil & natural gas production offshore in 2010 139
Top 5 industry players ranked by estimated oil production offshore in 2010 141
Top 5 industry players ranked by estimated natural gas production offshore in 2010 143
Top 5 industry players ranked by estimated oil & natural gas production offshore in 2010 145
Companies and estimated oil production per year 147
Companies and estimated natural gas production per year 149
Appendix 151
Research methodology 151
Global oil & gas analyzer overview 151
Overview of reserves 151
Overview of drilling activity 152
How producing wells are projection 152
Overview of production data 153
Overview of production decline rates 154
Overview of offshore Capex & Opex data 155
Overview of drilling spending 156
Overview of operating spending 158
Overview of consumption data 158
Sources of data 158
Data verification 159
Final data review and publication 160
How to contact experts in your market 160
Further reading 160
Disclaimer 161
Index of Figures
Chart 1: US, offshore oil and gas production (000s boe/day), 2000–09 20
Chart 2: US, offshore oil and gas production (000s boe/day), 2009–30f 22
Chart 3: US, oil and gas industry, offshore cumulative production (mm boe), 2000–09 24
Chart 4: US, oil and gas industry, offshore cumulative production (mm boe), 2009–30f 26
Chart 5: US, oil and gas industry, offshore remaining production (mm boe), 2000–09 28
Chart 6: US, oil and gas industry, offshore remaining production (mm boe), 2009–30f 30
Chart 7: US, number of production wells (oil and gas), 2002–09 32
Chart 8: US, number of production wells (oil and gas), 2009–15f 34
Chart 9: US, number of offshore producing wells 2002–09 35
Chart 10: US, number of offshore producing wells 2009–15f 36
Chart 11: US, number of offshore wells drilled, 2000–15f 37
Chart 12: US, number of offshore wells drilled, split by exploratory and development, 2000–15f 39
Chart 13: US, number of offshore exploratory wells drilled, 2000–15f 41
Chart 14: US, number of offshore exploratory wells drilled, split by exploration and appraisal, 2000–15f 43
Chart 15: US, number of offshore development wells drilled, 2000–15f 45
Chart 16: US, number of offshore development wells drilled, split by surface and sub-sea development, 2000–15f 47
Chart 17: US, offshore spending, capex and opex ($m), 2000–09 49
Chart 18: US, offshore spending, capex and opex ($m), 2009–15f 51
Chart 19: US, offshore oil estimated production volume (mm bbl/year) by firm, 2010 125
Chart 20: US, offshore natural gas estimated production volume (bcm/year) by firm, 2010 128
Chart 21: US, offshore oil & natural gas estimated production volume (mm boe/year) by firm, 2010 131
Chart 22: US, estimated industry share of top 10 industry players in offshore oil production, 2010 135
Chart 23: US, estimated industry share of top 10 industry players in offshore natural gas production, 2010 137
Chart 24: US, estimated industry share of top 10 industry players in offshore oil & natural gas production, 2010 139
Chart 25: US, estimated industry share of top 5 industry players in offshore oil production, 2010 141
Chart 26: US, estimated industry share of top 5 industry players in offshore natural gas production, 2010 143
Chart 27: US, estimated industry share of top 5 industry players in offshore oil & natural gas production, 2010 145
Chart 28: US, offshore oil estimated production per year by firm, 2010–30 147
Chart 29: US, offshore natural gas estimated production per year by firm, 2010–30 149
Index of Tables
Data table 1: US, offshore oil and gas production (000s boe/day), 2000–09 21
Data table 2: US, offshore oil and gas production (000s boe/day), 2009–30f 23
Data table 3: US, oil and gas industry, offshore cumulative production by oil (mm bbls) and gas (bcm), 2000–09 25
Data table 4: US, oil and gas industry, offshore cumulative production by oil (mm bbls) and gas (bcm), 2009–30f 27
Data table 5: US, oil and gas industry, offshore remaining production by oil (mm bbls) and gas (bcm), 2000–09 29
Data table 6: US, oil and gas industry, offshore remaining production by oil (mm bbls) and gas (bcm), 2009–30f 31
Data table 7: US, number of production wells (oil and gas), 2002–09 33
Data table 8: US, number of production wells (oil and gas), 2009–15f 34
Data table 9: US, number of offshore producing wells 2002–09 35
Data table 10: US, number of offshore producing wells 2009–15f 36
Data table 11: US, number of offshore wells drilled, 2000–15f 38
Data table 12: US, number of offshore wells drilled, split by exploratory and development, 2000–15f 40
Data table 13: US, number of offshore exploratory wells drilled, 2000–15f 42
Data table 14: US, number of offshore exploratory wells drilled, split by exploration and appraisal, 2000–15f 44
Data table 15: US, number of offshore development wells drilled, 2000–15f 46
Data table 16: US, number of offshore development wells drilled, split by surface and sub-sea development, 2000–15f 48
Data table 17: US, offshore spending, capex and opex ($m), 2000–09 50
Data table 18: US, offshore spending, capex and opex ($m), 2009–15f 52
Data table 19: US, offshore rig activity, Aera Energy 214, Auger, Barge 11, Barge 12 and Barge 300 53
Data table 20: US, offshore rig activity, Beta 1, Beta 2, Noble Danny Adkins, Noble Jim Day and Cecil Provine 54
Data table 21: US, offshore rig activity, Spartan 208, Coastal Rig 20, Coastal Rig 21, Conoco 403 and Integrity 55
Data table 22: US, offshore rig activity, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Nautilus, Deepwater Navigator, Deepwater Pathfinder, GSF Development Driller I 56
Data table 23: US, offshore rig activity, GSF Development Driller II, Discoverer Deep Seas, Discoverer Enterprise, Dolphin 105 and Dolphin 106 57
Data table 24: US, offshore rig activity, Dolphin 109, Dolphin 110, ENSCO 23, Nabors 087 and ENSCO 29 58
Data table 25: US, offshore rig activity, ENSCO 68, ENSCO 69, ENSCO 74, ENSCO 75 and ENSCO 82 59
Data table 26: US, offshore rig activity, ENSCO 86, ENSCO 87, ENSCO 90, ENSCO 99, Exxon 64 and Freedom 60
Data table 27: US, offshore rig activity, Ocean Monarch, GSF CR Luigs, H&P 100, H&P 102 and H&P 103 61
Data table 28: US, offshore rig activity, H&P 105, H&P 106, H&P 107, H&P 108 and H&P 201 62
Data table 29: US, offshore rig activity, H&P 202, H&P 204, H&P 205, H&P 206 and H&P 403 63
Data table 30: US, offshore rig activity, H&P 404, H&P 406, H&P 91, Independence and Kulluk 64
Data table 31: US, offshore rig activity, Mods 140, Mods 141, Mods 143, Moss Sirius and Mr. Taufic Schahin 65
Data table 32: US, offshore rig activity, Nabors 075, Nabors 078, Nabors 079, Nabors 085 and Nabors 086 66
Data table 33: US, offshore rig activity, Noble Amos Runner, Noble Clyde Boudreaux, Noble Fri Rodli, Noble Jim Thompson and Noble Joe Alford 67
Data table 34: US, offshore rig activity, Noble Lester Pettus, Noble Lorris Bouzigard, Noble Paul Romano, Nuevo Rig 10 and Nuevo Rig 12 68
Data table 35: US, offshore rig activity, Nuevo Rig 13, Nuevo Rig 14, Nuevo Rig 7, Nuevo Rig 8 and Nuevo Rig 9 69
Data table 36: US, offshore rig activity, Viking Century, Ocean Champion, Ocean Columbia, Ocean Crusader and Ocean Drake 70
Data table 37: US, offshore rig activity, Ocean New Era, Viking Prospector, Ocean Saratoga, Ocean Spartan and Ocean Titan 71
Data table 38: US, offshore rig activity, Sea Tower, Ocean Victory, Ocean Voyager, Odin Liberty, Etesco Millennium 72
Data table 39: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 257, Viking Producer, Hercules 10, Parker 2-P and Hercules 3 73
Data table 40: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 41, PD 72-B, Hercules 211, PD 12-B and PD 14-J 74
Data table 41: US, offshore rig activity, PD 15-B, Hercules 85, PD 16-B, PD 17-B and PD 18-B 75
Data table 42: US, offshore rig activity, PD 20-B, Hercules 101, PD 21-B, Hercules 120 and PD 23-B 76
Data table 43: US, offshore rig activity, PD 24-B, PD 25-B, Hercules 25, Rig 15 and PD 50-B 77
Data table 44: US, offshore rig activity, PD 51-B, PD 54-B, PD 55-B, PD 56-B and PD 57-B 78
Data table 45: US, offshore rig activity, PD 7-B, PD 76-B, PD 8-B, Rig 14 and Aban Abraham 79
Data table 46: US, offshore rig activity, Pool 003, Pool 006, Pool 008, Pool 009 and Pool 010 80
Data table 47: US, offshore rig activity, Pool 014, Pool 016, Pool 017, Pool 411 and Pool 489 81
Data table 48: US, offshore rig activity, Pool 53, Pool 54, Pool 903, Pool 904 and Pool 908 82
Data table 49: US, offshore rig activity, Blake 1002, Blake 1003, Blake 1005, Blake 1006 and Blake 1501 83
Data table 50: US, offshore rig activity, Blake 1502, Blake 1503, Pride 200, Blake 210 and Pride 220 84
Data table 51: US, offshore rig activity, Pride 650E, Blake 651, Pride 653E, Pride 750E and Pride 751E 85
Data table 52: US, offshore rig activity, Pride 952, Seahawk 2000, Seahawk 2600, Seahawk 2500 and Seahawk 2001 86
Data table 53: US, offshore rig activity, Seahawk 2501, Seahawk 2002, Seahawk 2003, Seahawk 2502 and Spartan 202 87
Data table 54: US, offshore rig activity, Seahawk 2601, Spartan 303, Seahawk 2504, Seahawk 2004 and Seahawk 2602 88
Data table 55: US, offshore rig activity, Seahawk 2005, Seahawk 2006, Seahawk 2007, Seahawk 2505 and Seahawk 2008 89
Data table 56: US, offshore rig activity, Pride Tennessee, Seahawk 3000, Seahawk 800, Pride Wisconsin and Pride Wyoming 90
Data table 57: US, offshore rig activity, Ranger V, Ranger VI, Ranger VII, Hercules 100 and Hercules 150 91
Data table 58: US, offshore rig activity, Spartan 151, Hercules 152, Hercules 155, RBF 190 and Hercules 191 92
Data table 59: US, offshore rig activity, GPS Producer 1, Hercules 200, Hercules 201, Hercules 202 and Hercules 203 94
Data table 60: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 204, Hercules 205, Hercules 206, Hercules 207 and Hercules 250 95
Data table 61: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 251, Hercules 252, Hercules 253, Hercules 254 and Hercules 75 96
Data table 62: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 77, Hercules 78, Richmond, Hercules 01 and Hercules 07 97
Data table 63: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 09, Hercules 10, Hercules 11, Rig 11 and Rig 10 98
Data table 64: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 15, Rig 16, Rig 16, Hercules 17 and Rig 18 99
Data table 65: US, offshore rig activity, Rig 12, Hercules 19, Hercules 20, Hercules 21 and Rig 22 100
Data table 66: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 23, Rig 24, Rig 25, Hercules 27 and Hercules 28 101
Data table 67: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 29, Tetra Rig 3, Hercules 30, Hercules 31 and Hercules 32 102
Data table 68: US, offshore rig activity, Rig 37, Rig 38, Rig 39, Tetra Rig 2 and Rig 4 103
Data table 69: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 41, Rig 44, Rig 45, Hercules 46 and Hercules 47 104
Data table 70: US, offshore rig activity, Hercules 48, Hercules 49, Rig 5, Tetra Rig 28 and Hercules 52 105
Data table 71: US, offshore rig activity, Rig 54, Rig 56, Hercules 57, Tetra Rig 6 and Hercules 61 106
Data table 72: US, offshore rig activity, Rig 62, Rig 63, Hercules 64, Liberty and Justice 107
Data table 73: US, offshore rig activity, Tetra Rig 8, Rig 8, Rig 90, Rig 91 and Rig 92 108
Data table 74: US, offshore rig activity, Rig 94, Rig 98, Rig 99, Rowan Alaska, Rowan Anchorage 109
Data table 75: US, offshore rig activity, Rowan Fort Worth, Rowan Houston, Rowan Juneau, Rowan Louisiana and Rowan Midland 110
Data table 76: US, offshore rig activity, Rowan New Orleans, Rowan Odessa, SE 301, SE-302 and Thule Phoenix 111
Data table 77: US, offshore rig activity, Shell Rig A, Shell Rig C, Steelhead, Sundowner I and Sundowner II 112
Data table 78: US, offshore rig activity, Sundowner III, Sundowner V, Sundowner VII, Super Sundowner XII and Super Sundowner XVI 113
Data table 79: US, offshore rig activity, Tetra Rig 7, Noble Driller, Tyonek, Union Rig 23 and Union Rig 428 114
Data table 80: US, offshore rig activity, Union Rig 54, Union Rig 55, Union Rig 56, Union Rig 57 and Union Rig 58 115
Data table 81: US, offshore rig activity, Union Rig 76, Union Rig 77, Mods 150, Mods 201 and Nabors 801 116
Data table 82: US, offshore rig activity, Pool 429, Marathon Rig 80, Marathon Spur, Aera Energy 214 and Conoco 403 117
Data table 83: US, offshore rig activity, Holstein, Mad Dog, Super Sundowner XIX, Coastal Rig 22 and Maersk Developer 118
Data table 84: US, offshore rig activity, West Sirius, ENSCO 8500, Super Sundowner XXI, Barge 301 and Rowan Mississippi 119
Data table 85: US, offshore rig activity, Ralph Coffman, ENSCO 8501, PD 77-B, Discoverer Clear Leader and Development Driller III 120
Data table 86: US, offshore rig activity, Super Sundowner XXII, Discoverer Inspiration, ENSCO 8502, Moncla Rig 101 and Moncla Rig 103 121
Data table 87: US, offshore rig activity, Moncla Rig 104, Deep Ocean Ascension, ENSCO 8503, Deep Ocean Clarion and Joe Douglas 122
Data table 88: US, offshore rig activity, Rowan TBN 240C Jackup 4, Rowan EXL I, Rowan EXL III, Rowan EXL IV and Moncla Rig 102 123
Data table 89: US, offshore rig activity, Key 106, Moncla Rig 108, Moncla Rig 109, Key 110 and Mods 202 124
Data table 90: US, offshore oil estimated production by industry player (companies only, excludes not identified and NGLs), 2010 126
Data table 91: US, offshore oil estimated production volume by industry player (includes not identified and excludes NGLs), 2010 127
Data table 92: US, offshore natural gas estimated production by industry player (companies only, excludes not identified and wasted), 2010 129
Data table 93: US, offshore natural gas estimated production volume by industry player (includes not identified, excludes wasted), 2010 130
Data table 94: US, offshore oil & natural gas estimated production (companies only, excludes not identified, NGLs and wasted) by firm, 2010 132
Data table 95: US, offshore oil & natural gas estimated production (includes not identified, excludes NGLs and wasted) by firm, 2010 133
Data table 96: US, top 10 offshore oil production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified and NGLs) by firm, 2010 136
Data table 97: US, top 10 offshore natural gas production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified and wasted) by firm, 2010 138
Data table 98: US, top 10 offshore oil & natural gas production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified, NGLs and wasted) by firm, 2010 140
Data table 99: US, top 5 offshore oil production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified and NGLs) by firm, 2010 142
Data table 100: US, top 5 offshore natural gas production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified and wasted) by firm, 2010 144
Data table 101: US, top 5 offshore oil & natural gas production industry players (companies only, excludes not identified, NGLs and wasted) by firm, 2010 146
Data table 102: US, offshore oil estimated production volumes (mm bbl/year) by industry player 2010–30 148
Data table 103: US, offshore natural gas estimated production volumes (bcm/year) by industry player 2010–30 150
