BP在墨西哥湾的最新扩建项目获批准

中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯5月6日报道称，BP石油公司为其位于墨西哥湾深水区的Thunder Horse南扩建第二期项目获得批准，在最近的两次扩建之后，该公司在区域最大油田之一的日产量进一步提高了5万桶。

BP石油公司周一在一份声明中表示，该扩建项目位于现有的Thunder Horse平台以南两英里处，将在短期内增加两个新的海底生产装置，最终将钻8口井。该公司拒绝透露成该项目的成本，称其很“主要”。

第一批石油预计将于2021年开采。Thunder Horse平台日产原油25万桶，天然气20万立方英尺。

这一最新项目是继1999年发现Thunder Horse项目之后近年来进行的两次重大扩建项目之后。早在2017年初的一个南扩建项目也使该油田的日产量提高了5万桶。而且，去年10月，Thunder Horse西北扩建项目上线，预计将增产约3万桶/日。

徐蕾 摘译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

BP approves latest expansion at giant Gulf of Mexico Thunder Horse field: company

BP has given the green light to its Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, further boosting output at one of the region's largest fields by 50,000 b/d oil equivalent gross after two recent earlier expansions.

The expansion project, sited two miles south of the existing Thunder Horse platform, will add two new subsea production units in the near term, and eventually eight wells to be drilled overall, BP said in a statement Monday.The company declined to disclose the cost of the project, which it characterized as "major."

First oil is expected in 2021. The Thunder Horse platform can produce 250,000 b/d of crude oil and 200,000 Mcf/d of natural gas.

This latest project follows at least two other major expansions in recent years at Thunder Horse, discovered in 1999. An earlier South Expansion project in early 2017 also raised production at the field by an additional 50,000 boe/d. And, last October, the Thunder Horse Northwest Expansion project came online and is anticipated to boost production an estimated 30,000 boe/d.