Aug. 2010 - Anadarko has completed the Garden Banks 668 A6 sidetrack development well using Nabors platform rig MODS 150. The well ecountered 89 net feet (27 meters) of pay. Plans call for the well to be brought on stream during 3Q10.

Sep. 2008 - Anadarko says it has restored some oil production a its Gunnison platform and increases are anticipated as pipelines and infrastructure permit. The Gunnison SPAR platform is located on Garden Banks 668 in water depts of 960 meters and services multiple fields including Dawson, Dawson Deep, Gunnison & Durango which is currently under development.

Jul. 2008 - Anadarko is shutting in production and is removing about 180 workers from three platforms in the western Gulf of Mexico on fears of Tropical Storm Dolly, the company said Tuesday. The production spar Gunnison is located on Garden Banks 668 in over 3,000 feet of water. Gunnison, Durango, Dawson & Dawson Deep are all fields that are tied back to the Boomvang productuion spar facility. The other production spars being shut in are Nansen and Boomvang.

Apr. 2008 - Anadarko spud a new development well, GB677 #2 in the western portion of the Gunnison field. The Well will target multiple proven pay zones. Production is expected in the 2nd quarter of 2008.

Jan. 2008 - Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully installed the Gulf of Mexico's first gravity-installed vertical load anchor (VLA). The patented OMNI-Max anchor was installed at Anadarko's Garden Banks 667 location in late December 2007. The Anchor was deployed from the AHTS - Alex Chouest and penetrated the seabed. The Anchor was pull tested by the installation vessel and, with mooring line forerunner attached, abandoned on the seabed in the preset configuration. The anchor line was later connected to Diamond Offshore's MODU Ocean Star using Delmar's patented subsea mooring connector to connect the preset mooring line to the rig's self-contained mooring components. The installed OMNI-Max anchor complements the MODU's seven other self-contained/deployed conventional drag embedment anchors with attached mooring lines.

Jan. 2008 - Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully installed the Gulf of Mexico's first gravity-installed vertical load anchor (VLA). The patented OMNI-Max anchor was installed at Anadarko's Garden Banks 667 location in late December 2007. The Anchor was deployed from the AHTS - Alex Chouest and penetrated the seabed. The Anchor was pull tested by the installation vessel and, with mooring line forerunner attached, abandoned on the seabed in the preset configuration. The anchor line was later connected to Diamond Offshore's MODU Ocean Star using Delmar's patented subsea mooring connector to connect the preset mooring line to the rig's self-contained mooring components.

Jul. 2006 - The Dawson Deep discovery at Garden Banks Block 625 commenced production in July 2006. Initial production from the well approximates a gross rate of approximately 1,600 bbls/d and 2.5 MMcfd/d (2.9 MMcfe/d net to McMoRan) on a 25/64th choke with flowing tubing pressure of 5,400 psi. The well is expected to ramp up to higher rates following completion of start-up activities.

May. 2006 - The Dawson Deep discovery at Garden Banks Block 625 is being developed as a subsea tieback to Kerr-McGee's adjacent Gunnison spar facility. A successful production test was conducted on the well in April 2006. Initial test rates were limited to approximately 1,500 bbls/d of oil and 3 MMcf/d (2.9 MMcfe/d net to McMoRan). McMoRan believes substantial rate improvements are possible when the well is placed on production. Production is expected to commence by mid-year 2006.

Jan. 2005 - Estimated timing of first production at Dawson Deep is pending the final development plan, with sanctioning of the project anticipated in the first quarter of 2005. As previously reported, the "take point" well encountered hydrocarbon-bearing sands as indicated by more than 100 feet of total vertical thickness of resistivity in the shallow zones

Sep. 2004 - McMoRan plans to participate in a 'take point' well at the Dawson Deep well at Garden Banks Block 625 in an effort to maximize the hydrocarbon production indicated in the original and sidetrack wells that were drilled earlier in 2004. Drilling is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2004.

Mar. 2004 - McMoRan announced that the Dawson Deep No. 2 Side Track No. 1 appraisal well at Garden Banks Block 625 has been drilled to a total measured depth of 27,953 feet. A study of the data mentioned above will determine if there is an optimum location in this potentially productive oil reservoir to select a 'take point' in the possible 700 feet of oil column and further evaluate the multiple hydrocarbon shows in the Garden Banks Block 625 and Garden Banks 669 wells.

Feb. 2004 - McMoRan reports that the Dawson Deep exploration well at Garden Banks Block 625 in the Gulf of Mexico has been drilled to a total measured depth of 24,450 feet. The well has encountered hydrocarbons and the operator is preparing to side track to a down dip position as an appraisal well.

May. 2002 - Global Industries has signed an EPIC contract to design, procure, install, and commission approximately 95 miles of 18" pipeline, a steel catenary riser, and all other associated components for Williams Oil Gathering, LLC as part of the Gunnison Project.

Feb. 2002 - FMC Energy Systems business has been chosen by Kerr-McGee Corp. to provide subsea trees and associated services for the Gunnison field area project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Nov. 2001 - CSO Aker Maritime, Inc. has been awarded, by Kerr-McGee, an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a Spar floating production platform hull, associated moorings and riser system for the Gunnison field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oct. 2001 - Kerr-McGee Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has approved the development of the Gunnison field area in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Located in water depths greater than 3,100 feet, Gunnison includes Garden Banks blocks 667, 668 and 669. The Gunnison area will be developed using a truss spar similar to the spars used in development of the Nansen and Boomvang fields in the deepwater gulf.

Jun. 2001 - Kerr-McGee Corp. announced the successful drilling of the Durango prospect, in 3,150 feet of water on Garden Banks block 667 in the Gulf of Mexico, adjacent to the Gunnison field. The well was drilled by Transocean Sedco Forex's semisubmersible, Transocean Richardson. The Durango exploratory well encountered nearly 200 feet of net gas pay that could increase estimated reserves for the Gunnison sub-basin by approximately 120 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent. The company has previously estimated Gunnison reserves to be in the range of 150 million to 250 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Mar. 2001 - Appraisal drilling on the Gunnison prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has resulted in a significant westerly extension of this discovery. The Garden Banks 668 No. 2 well, drilled one mile west of the discovery well, and a follow-up sidetrack to the No. 2 well, drilled in an updip position 1.5 miles from the discovery well, confirmed the lateral extent and continuity of the reservoirs encountered in the discovery well. The No. 2 well has been suspended as a potential future production well.

Jun. 2000 - Kerr-McGee has announced the discovery of oil in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on it's Gunnison prospect in Garden Banks Block 668. The well was drilled by Noble Drilling's EVA 4000 semisubmersible, Noble Amos Runner which is capable of drilling in water depths of up to 6,000 feet.