The Kaskida Oil Field is an offshore oil field located in the Keathley Canyon block 292 of the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico, 250 mi south-west of New Orleans, Louisiana. The field is operated by BP, and owned by BP (100%).[1]
History
The petroleum rights for the block 292 were acquired by BP, Devon Energy and Anadarko Petroleum in a federal lease sale in August 2003.[1] The Kaskida field was discovered in 2006 in a water depth of 5860 ft. Transocean's drilling rig Deepwater Horizon drilled a well to a total depth of approximately 32500 ft.[2] Drilling in the block 291, located 5 mi to the west from the block 292, started in 2008 and oil was found in November 2009.