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An Operator’s Outlook for FPSOsin the Ultra Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Peter Lovie
Devon Energy CorporationHouston, Texas
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Key Messages
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a. Different operators have different philosophies, e.g. exhaustivestudies before sanction, OR, less study and adjust as well results are seen.
b. It’s all about eye on the prize, risks and NPV!
c. GoM Ultra Deep Water (UDW) stretches drillers and calls for field development strategies like never before;
d. Increasing lag, UDW discovery to development;
e. One more time: the easy oil has been found!
f. Hubs & spoke tradition may continue, export a bigger consideration than before;
g. FPSOs different for today’s GoM, more of them possible, flexibility critical.
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Today’s Agenda
1. Focus on production from remote prospects;
2. High stakes frontier: extreme physical, risk and financial challenges;
3. Highly prospective but risks slow sanction;
4. Huge drilling investments affecting facility choice;
5. Export issues – the coming shootout: pipelines and shuttle tankers;
6. Projecting what lies ahead for FPSOs in UDW GoM.
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An idea of Devon’s frame of reference
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1. Focus on Production from Remote Prospects
Very deep wells far from shore over mountainous seabed
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History in GoM
MMS/USCG approval in principle achieved in Record of Decision in December 2001 for FPSOs and shuttle tankers in US waters;
For service in US waters FPSOs can be built anywhere. In contrastshuttle tankers must be owned, built and crewed in US;
For the record, the first two FPSOs in GoM were in Mexican waters:1st FPSO 1989 Owned by Pemex1st FSO 1998 Charter from Modec2nd FPSO 2007 Charter from BW Offshore
Third FPSO in GoM - and first on US side - was contracted in 2007 toenter service in 2010.
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GoM far behind the rest of the world in employing FPSOs
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The Early Production System (EPS) at Cascade / Chinook is the firstFPSO in US waters in GOM and first use of Jones Act shuttle tankersIn GOM. Contracted 2007, first oil May 2010;
Cascade is 50:50 Petrobras: DevonChinook is 2/3:1/3 Petrobras: Total(Petrobras operator of both);
8,200 ft. water depth;
Full field development solution notyet decided, not necessarily an FPSO;
5 year lease with BW Offshore600,000 bbl capacityMax. 80,000 bopd
An Important Modest Start in ‘07FPSO & tanker export contracted for EPS
Other operators now starting to consider FPSOs seriously in remote deep waters of GoM
Gaining production experience in the Lower Tertiary
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Marine industry best practices are very safe - hundreds of millions of barrels “on the water” every day worldwide.
Simple prescriptions available to prevent nightmares
Marine Safety & The Valdez SyndromeStill Loom Large in the Public Mind for Tankers
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The Pipeline Network Shore to the Shelf to Deep Water
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Flat
Mountains of the moon!
Shipping lanes already well travelled by lightering tankers
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Existing Pipelines in DeepwaterOut to the LT Discoveries in WR & KC
Pipeline tentacles out into FPSO territory!
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Typically ten ports considered as shuttle tanker destinations
In an emergency shuttle tankers could deliver to East Coast refineries, e.g. Philadelphia
Shuttle Tankers Travel Shipping Lanes(In Blue) Then out to any offshore location
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For GoM, the Final Frontier.
For Devon, a Priority.
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2. High Stakes Frontier:Extreme Physical, Risk andFinancial Challenges;
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Devon’s Exploration InventoryNet Unrisked Resource Potential
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GULF OF MEXICO CHINA
4 – 7 BBOE40 Prospects
2 – 4 BBOE11 Prospects
BRAZIL
1 – 2 BBOE6 Prospects
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Devon’s Lower TertiaryDiscoveries & Prospect Inventory
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TertiaryLower Trend
Trend
• 4 significant discoveries to date
• 25 additional prospects
• Of discoveries shown, Cascade committed to shuttling, Jack/St. Maloevaluating shuttling/pipe now, Kaskida also evaluating
Devon Discovery
Devon Prospect
Cascade
Jack
Kaskida
St. Malo
Merope
Cherry Bomb
Capella
Sardinia West
Propus
Bottle Rocket
Gorgona
Navi
Knik
M80
Jericho
Vinita
Cypress West
Bass
Azha
Dart
Latigo
TertiaryLower Trend Ponza Deep
FistKampilan
Bolt
FuryWombat
Damascus
Cordoba
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Project Year Discovered
Working Interest
Net Feet of Hydrocarbon Sands
Wells Drilled
Cascade 2002 50.0% > 450’ 2
St. Malo 2003 22.5% > 450’ 3
Jack 2004 25.0% > 350’ 2
Kaskida 2006 26.7% ≈ 800’ 2
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Estimated Discovered Resource Net to Devon: 300 – 900 MMBOE
Devon’s Lower Tertiary Summary of Discoveries
Undrilled prospects identified: 25Average working interest: 50%Gross potential per prospect: 300 – 500+ MMBOEDevon’s net unrisked potential: 3 – 5 BBOE
Potential
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Texas
Louisiana
Upcoming Deepwater Gulf Exploration Activity
Jack No. 3 AppraisalQ1 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
Sturgis NorthQ1 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
Cascade No. 3 Q4 2008 Spud
Deepwater Miocene
Deepwater Lower Tertiary
St. Malo No. 4 AppraisalQ1 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
Kaskida Appraisal2nd Half 2008 Spud
BassQ3 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
Mission Deep AppraisalQ3 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
DamascusQ3 2008 Spud
Currently Drilling
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5,700’50%DevonKeathley CanyonFury
6,721’50%DevonWalker RidgeBolt
6,232’50%PetrobrasWalker RidgeCordoba
7,030’25%ChevronWalker RidgeDamascus
4,685’50%DevonKeathley CanyonDart
5,820’50%DevonWalker RidgeFist
6,237’12.5%ChevronKeathley CanyonCypress West
6,324’33.3%ChevronKeathley CanyonCherry Bomb
5,511’75%DevonKeathley CanyonCapella
6,475’50%DevonKeathley CanyonBass
4,189’16.7%AnadarkoKeathley CanyonBottle Rocket
5,583’100%DevonKeathley CanyonAzha
Prospect Water DepthDVN Block W.I.OperatorArea
Lower Tertiary Prospect Inventory – Devon Operates 14 of 25
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5,525’75%DevonKeathley CanyonVinita
6,059’25%ChevronKeathley CanyonGorgona
4,200’100%DevonGarden BanksJericho
6,500’50%PetrobrasKeathley CanyonKampilan
6,764’100%DevonWalker RidgeKnik
5,500’55%DevonAtwater ValleyWombat
6,062’35%ChevronKeathley CanyonSardinia West
6,219’25%ChevronKeathley CanyonPonza Deep
6,364’50%DevonKeathley CanyonNavi
3,422’100%DevonGarden BanksMerope
5,645’50%ChevronKeathley CanyonM80
4,094’50%DevonKeathley CanyonLatigo
Propus
Prospect
6,482’50%ChevronKeathley Canyon
Water DepthDVN Block W.I.OperatorArea
Lower Tertiary Prospect Inventory - Continued
You can now see why Devon is taking a serious interest in FPSOs!
Operated By: Anadarko (1), Chevron (8), Devon (14), Petrobras (2)
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3. Highly Prospective but Risks Slow Sanction
Devon truly open to different development options
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MMS Report 2007-021: Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report of 2006 Highlights
Proven Reserves Add Value
Increasing Lag Discovery and Development in the Ultra Deep
Reproduced by Permission of RPSEA
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Industry Pressures
• The US government for about two years has seen the slowdown in translating discoveries into booked reserves and royalty producing production;
• The industry sees the slow down too – planning is difficult, cannot take these risks without exhaustive work, witness Jack St. Malo;
• The US public presses for reduction of dependence on foreign oil(witness the election!);
• Devon like many operators in GoM has used various types of floaters in the past in different parts of the world;
• For the development choice to be an FPSO for GoM it has to be proven the optimum business choice.
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Devon Portfolio of Floating Systems Most types, different parts of the world
Development Location Water depth, feet
Platform Type, Export method
First production
Facility Capacity, boepd Devon role Partners
Cascade GOM 8,200 F P S O 2010 80,000 Non op Petrobras Jones Act shuttle
tanker
Polvo Brazil 344 F P S O 2007 90,000 Operator SKTanker of
convenience
Independence Hub
GOM 8,000 Semisubmersible Pipeline
2007 166,000 Non op Anadarko, Dominion,
StatoilHydro
Red Hawk GOM 5,300 Cell Spar Pipeline
2006 20,000 Non op Anadarko
Magnolia GOM 4,700 T L P 2006 75,000 Non op ConocoPhillipsTanker of
convenience
Panyu South China Sea
320 F P S O Tanker of
convenience
2003 60,000 Non op CNOOC, ConocoPhillips
D e v o n F l o a t i ng P r o d u c t i o n a n d E x p o r t S y s t e m sMostly non operated projects hitherto - that is changing now
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Panyu FPSO - South China SeaExport: tanker of convenience
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Operator: CNOOCCNOOC 51.0%Devon: 24.5%ConocoPhillips: 24.5%
Oil development at Panyu Block 4-260,000 bopd max320 ft. water depthFirst oil 4Q031,000,000 bbl storage
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Red Hawk Cell Spar in GOMExport: pipeline
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Gas development in GB 877: Operator: AnadarkoPeak 120 mmscfd 50:50 Anadarko: Devon5,300 ft. w.d.Contracted: 2002First gas: 2004
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Magnolia TLP in GoMExport: pipeline
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Oil development in GB 783 Operator: ConocoPhillips50,000 bopd capacity + 150 mmscfd 75: 25: ConocoPhillips: Devon4,700 ft. w.d. Discovery: May 1999First oil: November 2004
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Polvo FPSO – BrazilExport: tanker of convenience
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Oil development in BM-C-8: Operator: Devon90,000 bopd 60:40 Devon:SK344 ft. w.d. Leased FPSO from Prosafe1,500,000 bbl storage (7 years + options)Discovery: June 2004, first oil: July 2007
Shown en route, now producing
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Devon is an Independent on Facility & Transportation
• Devon is an E&P company, i.e. has no refineries to feed;
• Devon owns neither an offshore pipeline company nor a shipping company;
• Every incentive therefore exists to objectively seek out the most cost efficient facility & transportation solution for Devon’s prospective developments in the ultra deep remote waters of the GoM!
• Rigorous internal debate, little/no bias pro/con FPSOs & shuttle tankers;
• Concept selection process slow and deliberate with Devon and itsPartners.
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(pun intended)
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Stating the Obvious?
• Some may feel GoM is prejudiced against FPSOs;
• But just like the rest of the world, the production solution is tailored to suit profitable production of oil and gas!
• Just happens to be difficult to arrive at the right economic technical and minimal risk choice in GoM for Lower Tertiary;
• Takes an unusually intense and protracted decision making process!!!
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4. Huge Drilling InvestmentsAffecting Facility Choice
Many Prospects;
Managing Mega Investments and Risks
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Devon Deepwater Development (3D)Determining Plans to Produce & Deliver to Market
• Carefully crafted team: project sponsor, sponsor team, management team, multidiscipline project team (top management support);
• Been at it for a year;
• Developing strategy for Lower Tertiary prospect portfolio;
• Capex and Opex models developed for each case (facility configuration) for life of the field;
• Capex comparison with non operated Devon projects, e.g. Jack / St. Malo and Cascade data in progress;
• Gantt Charts completed for each development case, including exploration, appraisal, planning, execution, drilling & completions.
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Running studies in team set up like for a mega project
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Decision AnalysisReal Options Valuation (ROV). . the Process . .
• Framing of Development Options: Characterizing risks & uncertainties for “Difficult-to-Choose” options to lead to THE development option, so the TEAM, as a group, can:
– Clearly defines the decision problem;– Choose the options they would like to consider, and– Establish the means and measures (metrics i.e. ROR, NPV, etc)
they will consider when it comes time to make that choice.
• Reveals the sensitivities of the different options to the risks and uncertainties characterized above;
• Understanding & quantifying the impact of “More Information” (VOI – Value of Information exercise). Results not always intuitive!
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Threading a way through a bewildering number of possibilities
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Typical Basis of Design in LT Ranges in current Devon FPSO studies
Low High
bbl/day 70,000 200,000mmscf/day 17.5 50.0bbl/day 70,000 100,000mmscf/day 0 0scf/bbl 250 250
Water depth feet 6,000 9,000Reservoir depth feet 28,000 30,000Reservoir pressure psi 20,000 22,000
Oil quality deg API 25 28
Design gas injection rate
Gas oil ratio
Design oil production flowrate
Design associated gas flowrate
Design water injection flowrate
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5. Export Issues – the ComingShoot-out: Pipelines and Shuttle Tankers
Far from shore overmountainous terrain a new competition emerges
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• Decades of tradition of tie ins of smaller reservoirs to deepwater hubs that process and feed a transportation system often with major oil company ownership;
• Same practical reasons hold today, looking ahead, may see sharedfacilities, profit motive for all;
• FSOG: Devon developed concept for hub storage in remote ultra deep waters of Walker Ridge and Keathley Canyon, ability to collect and process gas on deck;
• FPSO: Ability to serve as a hub may be a priority in FPSO capabilities, similar to FSOG.
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Hubs and SpokesHistory Likely to Repeat Itself
Historic link between production and export to shore
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Ingenious teamwork: aligning contractor & independents’ interests
GOM Gas Hub:8,200 ft. w.d.Engineering began: July 2004 First gas: July 20071.0 Bcf/d5,000 bopd condensate
Owned: 80% Enterprise / 20% Helix Operator: Anadarko
3 Additional AnchorProducers:
Devon
Dominion
StatoilHydro
A Model for the Lower Tertiary?“Independence Hub” = Independents’ Hub
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Out of SightIndependents produce 14 locations, 10 fields
Pioneering in 8,200 ft. of water: Huge subsea spread created engineering and construction challenges
If you know Houston, an area from Galveston to The Woodlands
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FSOG Concept: Regional StorageDeveloped by Devon in 2004 to capitalize on economic potential of shuttle tankers
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Field 1Operator 1
Field 2Operator 2
Field 3Operator 3
FSOG
Separate fields using Devon operated FSOG with shuttle tankers to Gulf Coast refineries: typically use a standard VLCC with 2,000,000 bbl storage capacity US patent pending, inventors:
Dave Bozeman & Steve Seat
Capacity 300,000 – 500,000 bopd
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Features of the FSOG
• Common infrastructure for storage and transportation of crude;
• Provides for collection, processing & compression of commercialgas volumes in low GOR region;
• Provides marketing hub for tie in of future fields;
• Devon has a patent pending for the FSOG: “Method and System for Gathering, Transporting and Marketing of Offshore Oil and Gas”;
• Practically: FSOG is an assembly of proven components: double hull VLCC, low pressure risers, disconnectable turret mooring;
• Could work with any non disconnectable option (e.g. spar etc.);
• Would mean an extra tariff to add to the shuttle tanker tariff.
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New business opportunity in regional marketing of oil and gas
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GoM Export: Factors to be WeighedInfluence of pipe or tanker on facility choice
1 Quality Bank Can exist in pipelines on shorter term and be of similar magintude as transportation tariff.. Unknown is its potential for the Lower Tertiary grades of crude in entering common carrier pipeline segments over the life of field. Objective: determine a $/bbl indication for QB over LOF
2 Optionality Weighing of risks of "2005 all over again" and what to do about it so major loss of revenue risk is mitigated, e.g. six (6) or more months loss of production. Determination of optionality necessary to achieve an accceptable risk, e.g. is 2 pipeline destinations from SS 332 adequate? What consequent costs may be involved in assuring this?
3 Upside on marketing to a wider range of destinations
A determination of the possible enhanced margin from being able to deliver to many more destinations via tankers over the life of the field, e.g. a projection of probable increase in margin, $/bbl
4 Guaranteed future access throughout field life
Determination that it is feasible to have a pipeline contract for the life of field with no risk of curtailment of capacity by pipeline owner or any regulator at some future date.
5 Determining the preferred development solution for LT
Establishing the practical need in field development solutions for storage or not, weighing viability of a regional storage hub, i.e. influence of the development option on export system. Attempts are underway to isolate the Transportation choice from the field development choice.
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More on GoM Export FactorsGets complicated and controversial!
6 Making a start on discussions with pipeline and tanker providers
Experience indicates the cycle time from expression of interest to firm contract may be long and arduous for a remote ultra deepwater export system for a precedent breaking system like this. Desirable to shorten this to fit probable development plans for Devon to "accelerate through the value chain".
7 Reconcile conflicting pipeline indications
Available documents from contractor inputs indicate a larger range on economics. Are volumes, terms, commitments comparable? Is one more willing to absorb more risk upfront than the other?
8 Make production profiles practical
Drillling may take five years so the production profile may be spread out more than the ideal from our reservoir calculations: how does this affect our economics, plans and risks for export?
9 Sensitivities to changes in volumes as production proceeds
Oilfields rarely produce exactly as the production profiles here predict! Changes are likely, up or down, and forward or backward in time. Means of dealing with this are desired.
10 Other key risks, commercial considerations identifed by contractors
Examples may be delivery schedules for tankers, long lead item commitments, other risks Devon had not thought of.
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Arriving at Economic Projections for Both Export Modes: Needs Care!
Factor Economic Projection Explanation
Transportation Tariff
Firm: generally set at transportation
contract time
Total transportation cost from production flange on platform cellar deck to the refinery's storage tank. Needs to allow for ALL export system components, e.g. multiple segments (new and existing) for pipeline delivery, export pumps and riser or hose system costs on the producing platform, platform space and services contributions
Quality Bank Fuzzy: may change with time over LOF
Loss of value when one grade of crude is commingled with a common stream in a pipeline. A poorer grade means a deduct and then the higher quality stream leaving the pipeline means an adder. However the deduct is usually seriously more than the adder, meaning a net cost element in the overall transportation economics!
Reliability Optionality
Fuzzy: management's best
calculation
The value of being able to redirect production from one destination to another in the event of hurricane or other damage. Well known examples would be the BP Texas City Refinery explosion - or the damage suffered in various pipelines and shore stations after the Katrina and Rita hurricanes in 2005
Market Optionality Fuzzy: can vary with time
The value to a producer of being able to play the market in selling its production, whether by pipelines to multiple sales points or via tankers that can be redirected at will to different ports for sale.
Key factors in weighing transportation economics: the fuzzy components can easily add up to be as large or larger than the the firm component!
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Serious devils in these details . . .
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Indicative EconomicsPipeline v. Shuttle Tanker “Apples & apples”
Low High Low High
1 New construction tariffs. Tanker figures include time charter as applicable, fuel & port costs:
2.58 2.58 3.03 3.03 CAPEX on dedicated new segment pipeline, may vary according to location of the LT prospects(!!!) Assume 24 in. line, $700million, 16 yrs, 13.5% on capital, pipeline operation, pigging and inspection (no repair) for about 6% of CAPEX
2 Tariff on existing pipelines on shelf, SS 332 to beach:
1.00 1.75 0.00 0.00 Estimates from various sources
3 Equivalent of export system CAPEX in facility:
0.40 0.60 0.10 0.15 Allowances for export pumps, prime mover and space contribution, SCRs or hoses as appropriate (slide 13)
4 Quality bank in existing pipelines: 0.10 1.00 0.00 0.00 Appears significant for life of field, but not proven. Guess made of range for pipeline!
5 Optionality, no. of destinations: May include multiple sales point terminals at each destination. Minimum optionality to counter "2005 all over again"
6 Upside on marketing to wider range of destinations
0.00 0.00 TBD TBD No reliable basis yet for quantifying a projection for GOM
7 Guaranteed future access throughout field life
TBD TBD Ability to use full capacity of each pipeline segment, i.e. no possibility of cutbacks from future operator or regulator intervention
8 Other factors not yet identified ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ongoing studies by multiple operators, difficult to indicate outcome
TOTALS: 4.08 5.93 3.13 3.18 Ranges
1.59 An indication only: average ratio, pipeline v. shuttle tanker tarriff
Minimum 2, from SS 332 only
Estimate of Export System Economics - Approximate for "Large Reservoir"
703 mmbbl recovery, maximum rate of about 170,000 bopd
Factor
Not applicable
10 or more
First 16 years
Pipeline Tariff, $/bbl Tanker Tariff, $/bbl Sources, Comments
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A Sound Business Case Does Exist for FPSOs & Shuttle Tankers
• Shuttle tankers may indeed offer an economic benefit over pipelines for a large field in the Lower Tertiary: could amount to about a $Billion saving over field life;
• Aggregation of large enough volumes to enable an economic pipeline is more difficult in Lower Tertiary than closer to shore. Very difficult indeed for early production. Risks and economicscan favor tankers;
• Tankers offer future flexibility in changing destinations for maximum margin from production - and in event of hurricane damage can be directed to alternate delivery points;
• In the event of a field being a bust, tankers being redeployablemitigate risk on export service commitments. Pipelines are not good at being reeled up and redeployed!
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If field production conditions allow it!
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6. Projecting what May Lie Aheadfor FPSOs in UDW GoM
Compared to a year ago, it’s starting to come into focus
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Early Well Testing (EWT) ? And/or Early Production Systems (EPS) ?
• Gas cannot be flared in GoM – makes shorter term operations more difficult than in countries where there is some regulatory latitude for trials in new areas;
• Desirable to test wells for longer durations but assembling the spread is difficult and costly ;
• Smaller shorter term EPS, possibly on DP, has been debated in GoM but true added value to a field development often not there - or not conclusive;
• Dilemma of equipment being built if several multi-month (or one or two year) long commitments were available. The trick is stitching together enough of these to enable vessel construction;
• In spite of much discussion, no definitive EWT solution for GoMyet selected!
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Is There Really a Case for an FPSOfor Full Field Development?
• Simultaneous with reserves that are deeper, higher pressured, more remote, requiring bigger CAPEX, the corporate need in these megaprojects intensifies to maintain capital discipline and project management discipline;
• So we could study it to death to mitigate risks - or take some risks with future flexibility at a premium;
• How to forge ahead? How to apply Devon’s mantra “accelerate through the value chain”?
• More GOM acceptance of FPSOs: the rise of the independents, plus arrival of serious non GoM experience (Petrobras, StatoilHydro);
• Conclusion: Circumstances now more favorable today for FPSOs in GoM than before, if they can be more flexible in capability & business basis;
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Putting it Together . . .Devon’s Perspective (1 of 3)
a. For locations a long way out, over mountainous seabeds, pipeline routes much longer, more circuitous and more expensive than hitherto. Export economics thus may favor FPSOs;
b. Pressure to cut the cycle time to improve economics is counteredby risks of reservoirs performing differently from expectations;
c. Corporate goals of large independents may favor FPSOs: proving as they go along, e.g. EPS morphing into FFD;
d. Commitments on export pipelines are huge, tanker export easier to start quickly for remote areas and grow incrementally – again export system selection may favor FPSOs;
e. Drilling, well access, available technologies affect facility choice (e.g. dry trees and/or DVA, hence no FPSO);
f. Not conclusive that there must be a future for FPSOs for FFD in ultra deep in GoM;
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Putting it Together . . .Devon’s Perspective (2 of 3)
g. Logic of Real Option Value decision process expedites steering acourse in uncertain waters (pun intended);
h. Rigorous internal debate, little/no bias pro/con FPSOs;
i. No export legacy of pipeline operation, shuttle tanker v. pipeline, relatively open competition;
j. Concept selection process slow and deliberate with Devon and itspartners;
k. Projecting the future fleet size of FPSOs for US GoM would require truly remarkable use of crystal balls on a biblical scale!!!
l. Would not expect a flood of FPSO orders for GoM.
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Putting it Together . . .Devon’s Perspective (3 of 3)
m. For Devon’s 2008 portfolio of Lower Tertiary prospects in the UDW GoM, we can confirm considering FPSOs along the lines of:Technically: + EPS expandable to FFD
+ Suezmax newbuild;+ Disconnectable;
Commercially: + Studies on FPSOs for GoM underway;+ Early talks with contractors;+ Firm commitment dependent on well results;+ Premium on flexibility and speed;+ Bid process could proceed – or negotiation on hull
under construction – depending on progress;+ Linked to availability of shuttle tankers.
n. We do encourage exchange of ideas with contractors, expect them to make a reasonable profit, and understand paying for successful performance!
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Devon Core Values
Hire the best people
Always do the right thing
Deliver results
Be a team player
Be a good neighbor
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Devon History
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Founded as a private company in 1971
Became a public company in 1988
• Currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DVN
Grown from 185 employees in 1981 to over 5,000 employees today
Established a portfolio to provide stableproduction and a solid platform for future growth
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Devon Today
Proved reserves (12/31/07): ≈ 2.5 Billion BOE
Current production (Q2 2008): ≈ 643 MBOED
Oil & gas production (Q2 2008): 66% gas
34% oil & NGLs
Production profile (Q2 2008): 94% North America
Reserves / production ratio: ≈ 11 years
Enterprise value: ≈ $35 Billion
Largest U.S.-based independent oil and gas producer
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Acknowledgements
My thanks is due to Devon management for permissionto freely discuss the issues here.
Recognition is also due to colleagues for their ideasand assistance in reviewing and assembling theinformation in this presentation:
Melany Boughman Dave BozemanScott CoodyJohn Heg
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