Second Development Test Permitted In BP’s Atlantis Field

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

United States

Operators
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Well Name
#215DC OCS G15607
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Drilling Activity Summary

Description

BP Plc has permitted a second development test as part of the company’s plan to boost production in Atlantis Field. The #215DC OCS G15607 will be in the eastern half of Green Canyon Block 743. The first permit in BP’s expansion program, #213DC OCS G15607, was recently approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Area water depth is 6,500 ft. The London-based company’s Atlantis Phase 3 will include the construction of a new sub-sea production system with eight new wells that will be tied into the current platform on adjacent Green Canyon Block 787 to the south. Production is scheduled to be online in 2020.