Fossil Energy – Trinidad and Tobago
bp Trinidad and Tobago has achieved two major milestones, sanctioning the Ginger gas development and exploration success at its Frangipani well.
BP’s FID on Ginger and discovery of gas at Frangipani are the latest demonstrations of upstream activity this year, in line with its strategy to grow its oil and gas business.
Ginger will become bpTT’s fourth subsea project and will include four subsea wells and subsea trees tied back to bpTT’s existing Mahogany B platform.
The first gas from the project is expected in 2027 and will make up one of BP’s ten major projects, which are expected to start between 2025 and 2027. At peak, the development is expected to have the capacity to produce average gas production of 62 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.
The Ginger development, as well as bpTT’s Cypre gas project, scheduled to start up in 2025, are part of bpTT’s strategy of maximizing production from existing acreage, developing capital-efficient projects that tie into existing infrastructure.
The project meets bp’s expected returns from upstream projects and is fully accommodated within bp’s capital expenditure plans. bp will leverage learnings from prior subsea projects to bring gas to market as quickly and safely as possible.
Drilling at the Frangipani exploration well identified multiple stacked gas reservoirs within the same geological structure. Options are currently being evaluated to move the discovery forward at pace.
Ginger is located approximately 50 miles off Trinidad’s southeast coast in water depths of less than 300 feet. Drilling on the first well began in January and is expected to resume in Q4 of this year. Frangipani is located east of the existing Mahogany field, approximately 50 miles off the southeast coast.
