BP starts production at Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project

British lipid and state institution bp has started accumulation astatine the Atlantis Drill Center 1 enlargement task successful the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), 2 months up of schedule.

The task is expected to adhd astir 15,000 barrels of lipid equivalent per time (boepd) to the Atlantis level astatine gross highest annualised mean production.

Atlantis, located astir 150 miles (241km) southbound of New Orleans successful h2o depths of 7,074ft, is operated by bp with a 56% moving interest, alongside Woodside Energy with the remaining 44%.

It has a gross accumulation capableness of up to 200,000 barrels of lipid per day.

The enlargement marks the company’s seventh large task to commencement operations this year, and the 5th of 7 large projects to statesman operations earlier than planned.

BP accumulation and operations enforcement vice-president Gordon Birrell said: “Atlantis Drill Center 1 caps disconnected an fantabulous twelvemonth of 7 large task start-ups for bp.

“This task supports our plans to safely turn our upstream business, which includes expanding US accumulation to astir 1 cardinal barrels of lipid equivalent per time by 2030.

“This latest occurrence demonstrates the dedication of our US task squad and our teams astir the world, who are delivering caller barrels astatine gait and with little accumulation costs, successful work of increasing semipermanent worth for shareholders.”

The enlargement task adds 2 wells to existent the drill centre, a subsea hub linking respective wells.

The subsea tieback, which links caller wells to existing offshore accumulation facilities via pipelines, expands the footprint of the Atlantis field, which was discovered successful 1998.

BP attributed the aboriginal transportation of the task to existing subsea inventory, improved drilling and good completion, and streamlined offshore execution planning.

The Atlantis Drill Center 1 enlargement is the company’s 2nd task successful a bid of caller developments being planned successful the GoM from present to the extremity of the decade.

These projects are expected to assistance bp summation its accumulation capableness to much than 400,000boepd from the US offshore portion by the extremity of this decade.

Furthermore, the institution is readying for the Atlantis Major Facility Expansion successful 2027 to further boost accumulation from the Atlantis field.

BP Gulf of America and Canada elder vice-president Andy Krieger said: “This enlargement astatine Atlantis is further testament to the benefits of maximising accumulation from our existing platforms successful the Gulf of America, increasing bp’s US offshore vigor accumulation safely and efficiently.

“We are committed to investing successful America arsenic we firmly judge this portion volition proceed to play a captious relation successful delivering unafraid and reliable vigor to the satellite contiguous and tomorrow.”