Juniper subsea trees arrive in Trinidad and Tobago, BP says

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago -- BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) said Thursday that all five subsea trees required for the Juniper project have arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. The Juniper project is BPTT’s first subsea field development, located 50 miles off the southeast coast of Trinidad.

Assembled and tested at the OneSubsea fabrication plant in Johor, Malaysia, with components and materials sourced from various locations around the world, these trees are among the largest and heaviest ever built. Each tree weighs approximately 76 tonnes.

After being offloaded at the Labidco yard for testing, the trees will move to the offshore location for the BPTT Juniper field. Drilling of the five Juniper subsea wells began in 2015 and was completed in March 2016. The completions activity currently in progress on all five wells will take place by fourth-quarter 2016.

The Juniper project will have a production capacity of approximately 590 MMscfgd. First gas from the facility is expected in 2017.

BPTT Regional President Norman Christie said: “The arrival of the trees is another significant milestone in the delivery of the Juniper project. BPTT has committed to maintaining investment in Trinidad and Tobago, and to further develop the offshore acreage once the investment climate continues to support further investments in the upstream.”