Қазақстанның мұнай-газ саласының хабаршысыҚазақстанның мұнай-газ саласының хабаршысы2707-42262957-806XKMG Engineering8946610.54859/kjogi89466Research ArticleDeep oil. Offshore fields in the Gulf of Mexico in the Norflet Formation. Development history and prospectsIskazievK. O.<p>профессор, генеральный директор, Председатель Правления</p>k.iskaziyev@kmgep.kzSyngaevskyP. E.<p>докт. PhD, старший советник-петрофизик</p>pavel.syngaevsky@chevron.comKhafizovS. F.<p>профессор, заведующий кафедрой поисков и разведки нефти и газа</p>khafizov@gubkin.ruАО «Разведка и Добыча «КазМунайГаз»ChevronРГУ нефти и газа им. Губкина150620213232630112021Copyright © 2021, Iskaziev K.O., Syngaevsky P.E., Khafizov S.F.2021<p>The second part of the article on deep-water deposits in the Norflet formation in the Gulf of Mexico discusses the history of discoveries as a result of the implementation of the largest geological exploration project as well as the project for the development of discovered fields implemented by Shell.</p> <p>The history of the Appomattox field discovery is discussed in more detail. This discovery played a key role in the entire history of this project, becoming the trigger for the transition to an unprecedented pace of exploration for ultra–deep horizons in ultra-deep water (in total – over 10 km).</p> <p>Prospects for further EA activity for Norflet formation in the Gulf of Mexico considered in the final part.</p>Gulf of MexicoNorflet formationAppomattox discoveryaeolianultra-deep depositsМексика бұғазыНорфлет тастопшасыАппоматокстің ашылуыэолдық тау жыныстарытереңдегі ойнауқаттарМексиканский заливсвита Норфлетоткрытие Аппоматоксэоловыйсверхглубокие залежи1.Cockrell A. Drilling ahead: The quest for oil in the Deep South, 1945–2005. – Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 301 p.2.BOEM, 2020. (www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/leasing/eastern-gulf-mexico-sale-181- information).3.Godo T. The Smackover-Norphlet Petroleum System, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Oil Fields, Oil shows, and Dy Holes. – GCAGS Journal, 2019, v. 8, p. 104–152.4.Aplin A.C., Larter S.R. Fluid flow, pore pressure, wettability, and leakage in mudstone cap rocks. – Evaluating fault and cap rock seals: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Series 2, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2005. p. 1–12.5.Coates G.R., Dumanoir J.L. A New Approach To Improved Log-Derived Permeability. – 14th Annual Logging Symposium, 1973, Lafayette, Louisiana SPWLA-1973-R.6.Coates G.R., Xiao L.Z., and Prammer M.G. NMR Logging: Principles and Applications. – Houston, Halliburton Energy Services, 1999, 234 p.7.WoodMackenzie. Shell discovers Fort Sumter (MC 566), furthering its lead in the deepwater GoM Jurassic. – 2016 (inform, July https://woodmac.com/document/40888186).8.Pilcher R.S., RyMurphy T., and Ciosek J. Jurassic raft tectonics in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. – Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Interpretation, 2014, v. 2, no. 4 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2014-0058.1.).9.Gabor C. Tari. Evolution of the Angolan passive margin, West Africa, with emphasis on postsalt structural styles. – Chapter in Geophysical Monograph Series 2000. (DOI: 10.1029/GM115p0129).10.Lajous A. Mexican Oil Reform: the first two bidding rounds, farmouts and contractual conversions in a lower oil price environment. – Columbia SIPA. Center of Global Energy Policy, 2015 (energypolicy.columbia.edu |October|).11.UT, 2020. University of Texas – Jackson School of Geoscience, http://www-udc.ig.utexas.edu/external/plates/.12.Snedden J.W., Stockli D.F., Norton I.O. Paleogeographic Reconstruction and Provenance of Oxfordian Aeolian Sandstone Reservoirs in Mexico offshore areas; comparison to the Norphlet Aeolian System of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. – Geological Society, London, Special Publications. University of Glasgow, 2020.