Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Oil - BP’s Thunder Horse goes online - June 22, 2008 - Petroleum News
Every little bit helps...
At PetroleumNews.com, Ray Tyson reports:
"The BP-operated Thunder Horse field, the largest-ever oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, is finally onstream and headed toward higher production following repeated startup delays dating back to 2005. First oil was achieved June 14 from a single well, BP confirmed.
“We have a lot yet to do as we prepare other wells for production and continue to drill and complete other wells,” BP spokesman Ronnie Chappell told Petroleum News June 17.
The Thunder Horse platform, on a multitract development in the vicinity of Mississippi Canyon Block 822 in water depths of up to 6,050 feet, is capable of producing 250,000 barrels of oil per day and 200 million cubic feet of gas per day."
