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BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) has produced first gas from the Cassia C project, the company’s first offshore compression platform and its biggest offshore facility.
The platform, BPTT’s 16th offshore facility, is connected to the existing Cassia hub which lies approximately 35 miles off Trinidad’s south-east coast. Producing low-pressure gas resources from the Greater Cassia Area, the platform is expected to handle, at peak, about 200–300mn cf/d of gas.
Production will go towards meeting BPTT’s gas supply commitments and will be important to sustaining Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG and petrochemical industries.
The Cassia C platform’s jacket – its legs and supporting frame – was built at Trinidad Offshore Fabricators (TOFCO) and installed in 2020. Its topside structure was built in the McDermott fabrication yard, Altamira, Mexico, and was installed in 2021.
First gas from Cassia C follows the recent sanction of the shallow-water Cypre development and the execution of a gas supply agreement with the National Gas Company. Cypre will be BPTT’s third subsea development, comprising seven wells and subsea trees tied back into the company’s existing Juniper platform. Drilling is due to commence in 2023, with first gas expected in 2025. At peak, Cypre is expected to deliver 250–300mn cf/d of gas.
