The Prince Field was the first deepwater field that received royalty relief under the Deepwater Royalty Relief Outer Continental Royalty Relief Act.The development of the Prince Field can be characterized by the following industry trendsetting activities: The first riser was installed and the initial well was brought on-stream in September 2001. The pipelines and SCR's were pre-laid in April 2001, and the TLP was installed in July 2001. Oil and associated gas are processed to pipeline specifications on the platform and exported via two (2) export steel catenary risers (SCR). The Prince Field was developed by means of four (4) predrilled wells that were completed and tied back via top tensioned risers to dry trees located on a MOSES TLP. (Reference Figure 1) The three leases are unitized in the Ewing Bank Block 1003 Unit. The Prince Field is an oil discovery with associated gas located in Ewing Bank Block 958, 959, and 1003, 80 miles offshore Louisiana in a water depth of 1490 ft.

The successful completion of the development of the Prince Field proves that the industry can execute innovative deepwater development projects on a lump sum contract basis in record setting time frames without costly overruns. The 'MOSES' TLP is the first of a new 4th generation in TLP designs that introduces a new hull configuration offering the industry improved platform motions, lower cost, and less fabrication time than other deepwater platform concepts. This work included the first application of the 'MOSES' Tension Leg Platform. The paper outlines how the lease operator and owners in conjunction with turnkey contractors succeeded in developing a relatively small oil field (in deepwater terms) in an environment of low oil prices. This paper covers the development of the Prince (formerly known as Sunday Silence) Field.

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