BP begins production from Juniper on schedule and under budget

The project, with an investment of approximately $2bn, was expected to boost BPTT's gas production capacity by an estimated 590m standard cubic feet a day.

It was also the fifth of seven major Upstream project start-ups planned for 2017.

Juniper produces gas from the Corallita and Lantana fields via the new Juniper platform, 80 kilometres off the south-east coast of Trinidad in water approximately 110 metres deep.

Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP's upstream business described the project as a "major milestone in BP's more that 50 years of investment in Trinidad and Tobago".

“Delivered on schedule and under budget, Juniper is a major milestone in BP’s more than 50 years of investment in Trinidad and Tobago. It is the largest new project brought into production in Trinidad for several years and the second major project we have started here this year. Together they represent a significant portion of the new production capacity we expect to bring online in 2017", said Looney.

BPTT also mentioned how another major project in Trinidad called the Trinidad Onshore Compression project had begun operations in April.

In June, the company sanctioned development of the Angelin gas field, which was expected to start production in late 2019, and announced two gas discoveries which may support future developments offshore Trinidad.