bp has brought the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion onstream in US Gulf of Mexico waters, its seventh large-scale project to begin operations in 2025. The new phase is designed to lift peak output from the Atlantis field by 15,000 boe/d.
In a statement on 11 December, the company said two additional wells have been tied back to the existing subsea hub, enlarging the developed area of the Atlantis field and allowing output capacity to reach 200,000 b/d. Using the installed infrastructure meant the expansion was completed two months ahead of plan and became bp’s fifth major project this year to be finished early.
Gordon Birrell, executive vice president for Production and Operations, said the Atlantis Drill Center 1 project reflects a year in which bp has started up seven major developments and reinforces the company’s emphasis on safe operations and long-term value creation.
According to bp, further work around Atlantis is already in the pipeline. The company is preparing the Atlantis Major Facility Expansion, targeted for 2027, and an earlier 2025 start-up of the Argos Southwest Extension. Together, these projects are intended to lift bp’s US offshore production capacity to more than 400,000 boe/d by 2030.
Beyond Atlantis, bp has also brought new projects online in Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK North Sea, Mauritania and Senegal. These form part of bp’s plan to build a global portfolio of 10 major projects by 2027.
bp operates the Atlantis field with a 56% working interest, while partner Woodside Energy holds the remaining 44%.
