Production under way at two more BP projects

BP yesterday said production had started from another two of the seven major upstream projects that it expects to come online in 2017.

The two gas projects – Juniper in Trinidad and Persephone in Australia – follow the start-ups earlier this year of the first phase of the West Nile Delta development in Egypt, the Trinidad Onshore Compression project and the Quad 204 redevelopment in the North Sea.

A further two projects – the first phase of the Khazzan gas development in Oman and development of the Zohr gas field offshore Egypt – are expected to begin production before the end of the year.

Group chief executive Bob Dudley said: “This is a significant year for BP and, with five of our seven planned major projects now onstream, delivery of our plan is firmly on track.

The projects, which Dudley said would improve BP’S resilience to lower oil prices, will deliver part of the 800,000 barrels a day production that it expects from new projects by the end of the decade.