First oil and a new discovery

Chevron announced two milestones this week.

On Wednesday, the company achieved first oil on the  Tahiti field in the Gulf Of Mexico. production is expected to 125,000 barrels per day of oil and 70 million cubic feet of natural gas by the end of the year.

The Tahiti production platform, left, is located 305 kilometres south of New Orleans and sits in 1250 metres of water.

On Friday, Chevron announced it had struck oil in a well drilled offshore Congo.

Moho Nord Marine-4 was drilled to a total depth of 13,907 feet (4,239 meters) and proved a 535 foot (163 meter) column of high-quality oil flowing at 8,100 barrels per day.

The discovery follows two previous successful exploration wells, Moho Nord Marine-1 and 2, drilled in the permit area in 2007, and the positive appraisal well Moho Nord Marine-3 in 2008.

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