Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0002-0648
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-11-30T05:00Z

"
Satterlee,
Kent
S
SEPCO"
To:
Carey
Johnston/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
<
kent.
satterlee@
s
cc:

hell.
com>
Subject:
RE:
two
quick
questions
related
to
O&
G
operations...

06/
09/
2004
09:
14
AM
Q1:
Yes,
we
do
shut­
in
production
facilities
offshore
to
do
planned/
scheduled
maintenance.

Q2:
On
average
a
facility
experiences
1­
2
planned/
scheduled
shut­
ins
a
year
of
varying
duration.
On
average
a
typical
shut­
in
would
be
2­
3
days
depending
on
the
scope
of
work.
This
does
not
include
unplanned
shut­
ins
to
address
critical
maintenance
items.

Kent
Satterlee,
III
Offshore
Regulatory
Coordinator
­
EP
Americas
Shell
Exploration
and
Production
Company
(
SEPCo)
P.
O.
Box
61933
New
Orleans,
LA.
70161
Phone:
(
504)
728­
4143
Fax:
(
504)
728­
4573
Email:
kent.
satterlee@
shell.
com
Per
applicable
services
agreement
­­­­­
Original
Message­­­­­
From:
Johnston.
Carey@
epamail.
epa.
gov
[
mailto:
Johnston.
Carey@
epamail.
epa.
gov]
Sent:
Tuesday,
June
08,
2004
2:
33
PM
To:
Satterlee,
Kent
S
SEPCO
Subject:
two
quick
questions
related
to
O&
G
operations...
Kent:

Here
are
two
quick
questions
related
to
offshore
oil
and
gas
operations
that
I
hope
you
can
help
answer.
Please
let
me
know
if
you'll
be
able
to
answer
these
questions
and
the
ETA.
Thanks!

Q1.
Is
it
typical
for
an
offshore
oil
and
gas
extraction
fixed
facility
(
e.
g.,
TLP,
Spar)
to
shut­
in
periodically
for
production
maintenance?

Q2.
If
yes,
at
what
frequency
would
this
occur
and
for
how
long
(
X
times
a
year
and
on
average
Y
days
of
downtime)?

Sincerely,

Carey
A.
Johnston,
P.
E.
U.
S.
EPA,
Office
of
Water
ph:
(
202)
566
1014
fx:
(
202)
566
1053
johnston.
carey@
epa.
gov