BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) has secured approval to develop the Juniper offshore gas project.
The project will feature the construction of a normally unmanned platform and the associated subsea infrastructure.
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The Juniper facility will take gas from the Corallita and Lantana fields, located 50 miles off the south-east coast of Trinidad in water depths of about 360ft.
The project, which will feature five subsea wells, will have a production capacity of about 590 million standard cubic feet a day (mmscfd).
Gas from the facility will flow to the Mahogany B hub through a new 10km flowline.
Fabrication is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2014 and drilling on the facility is scheduled to begin in 2015 with first gas planned in 2017.
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By GlobalDataBPTT regional president Norman Christie said: "Juniper demonstrates bpTT’s commitment to Trinidad and Tobago over the long-term.
"This development is an important part of the future for bpTT because it will assist the company in meeting its natural gas commitments to the market.
"It is also an important step change for bpTT as it introduces subsea infrastructure to continue the development of its resources in the Columbus Basin."
Juniper will be BPTT’s 14th offshore platform and the company also has two onshore processing facilities in Trinidad.
Image: BPTT Acreage map. Photo: courtesy of BP.
