RESL has for over 15 years provided decommissioning services for Pacific Operators Offshore LLC (PACOPS) and Signal Hill Service, Inc. covering the Carpinteria Field and the Hogan and Houchin offshore facilities and La Conchita onshore receiving and processing facilities and storage facility.
The scope of work included a decommissioning and well abandonment assessment of Carpinteria Field and the Hogan and Houchin onshore and offshore facilities. Providing engineering, marine operations planning, application of new technologies, strategic consultancy and cost estimates in support of continuous negotiations with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) (formerly known as the Minerals Management Service and to assist in managing the Escrow determination. RESL has performed multiple cost estimates over the life of the field: AACE Class 5, AACE Class 4 and AACE Class 3, plus all FAS 143 cost estimates and expert witness. The following facilities were included:
- 2 offshore platforms Hogan (in 110 ft.) and Houchin (in 130 ft.)
- 2 pipelines
- 73 wells
- 1 onshore receiving and processing facilities and storage facility La Conchita