The Kaskida Oil Field is an offshore oil field located in the Keathley Canyon block 292 of the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico, 250 miles (400 km) south-west of New Orleans, Louisiana.
[1] The Kaskida field was discovered in 2006 in a water depth of 5,860 feet (1,790 m).
In March 2008, Anadarko agreed to sell its stake to Statoil but BP and Devon exercised their pre-emption rights.
[1] The Kaskida field is expected to contain 3 billion barrels (480×10^6 m3) of oil in place.
[1] The well in block 291 is drilled by the West Sirius rig, owned Seadrill Offshore.