BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (BPTT) announced the sanction of its Juniper offshore gas project off the southeast coast of Trinidad.
The project will involve the construction of an unmanned platform and associated subsea infrastructure. Fabrication is expected to start by 4Q 2014.
The Juniper facility will take gas from the Corallita and Lantana fields, 50 miles off the southeast coast of Trinidad, in 360ft water depth. The development will include five subsea wells and will have a production capacity of approximately 590MMcf/d. Gas from Juniper will flow to the Mahogany B hub via a new 10km flowline.
Juniper will become BPTT’s 14th offshore production facility. Drilling is due to start in 2015 and first gas from the facility is expected in 2017.
BPTT says the Juniper project will introduce subsea infrastructure to continue the development of its resources in the Columbus Basin.
The Juniper project has been undertaking front end engineering and design (FEED) activities since 2012.
Other Trinidad and Tobago projects
Earlier this month, a consortium composed of BHP Billiton and BG International won two blocks in the recent Trinidad and Tobago offshore bid round. The blocks are located in the Trinidad and Tobago Deep Atlantic Area Blocks Area 3 and Area 7, on the southeast coast of Trinidad. The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs said the consortium committed to first-phased minimum exploration work programs that include the acquisition of 2400sq km of 3D seismic and undertaking of additional geologic studies. For the second and third phases, the consortium proposes to drill four wells, each to a depth of 2200m.
The total investment of both blocks will be about US$250 million.
In July, Repsol announced a hydrocarbon discovery in the TB14 well at the Teak field, also off the southeast coast of Trinidad. It’s estimated to contain more than 40MMbo in place.
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