18/02/2026 by Joel Thompson
Chevron has given US output capacity a boost by bringing its offshore development “Ballymore” online.
A deep-water oil and natural gas development based in the US Gulf of Mexico’s Mississippi Canyon area, the project is a natural gas and deep-water oil development.
A subsea tieback, Ballymore boasts wells connected to a platform called “Blind Faith” sited three miles away. It is engineered to have a crude oil production capacity of 75,000 gross barrels per day and is estimated to hold over 150 million barrels of oil equivalent.
The offshore development is a partnership between Chevron and TotalEnergies. The US company has a 60 per cent working interest while the French supermajor holds 40 per cent. As well as being energy giants, both operators run internationally known lubrication brands, known as Texaco and Total Lubricants respectively. Both provide a range of cutting-edge products that include gear oil, transformer oil, rust preventative, coolant and compressor oil.
Chevron and TotalEnergies are just two of the many companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico, with other major players including BP, Shell and Mobil.
Vice president for Chevron Gulf of America, Brent Gros, commented that Ballymore was an example of how the company was driving efficiencies and leveraging technology to help generate dependable and inexpensive energy from the deep-water Gulf. He added that the offshore location was among the world’s lowest carbon intensity gas and oil producing basins.
Established more than 146 years ago, Chevron was once a small energy utility but has transformed into one of the biggest corporations operating in the world today.
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