BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 11. bp has delivered
its fifth major startup ahead of schedule this year, Trend reports via the
company.
bp delivered the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project two
months ahead of its original schedule by utilizing existing subsea
inventory, drilling and completing wells more efficiently, and
streamlining offshore execution planning,
The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion is the second in a series
of new projects bp is planning in the US Gulf of America between
now and the end of the decade that are expected to enable bp to
boost its capacity to produce more than 400,000 boe/d from the US
offshore region by 2030.
In August 2025, bp started up the Argos Southwest Extension
project, a three-well subsea tieback that is adding 20,000 boe/d
barrels a day of gross peak annualized average oil production to
our Argos platform. In 2027, bp plans to deliver Atlantis Major
Facility Expansion, which will further increase production from the
Atlantis field using existing infrastructure.
In addition to the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project, bp
started up major projects this year in Trinidad and Tobago (2), the
UK North Sea, Egypt, Mauritania and Senegal, as well as Argos
Southwest Expansion in the Gulf of America – contributing to its
plan to deliver 10 major project startups globally by 2027.
bp is Atlantis’ operator with 56% working interest. The co-owner
is Woodside Energy (44% working interest).
