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BPTT Projects update - part 2

Release date: 07 December 2009

BPTT Projects update
Delivered by Winston Mohammed
Project General Manager, bpTT
at
Energy Caribbean 2009
Trinidad Hilton

Beyond 2010

Two of the major projects that will be engaging our attention beyond 2010 will be the Juniper platform and the East Coast Renewal Project.

Slide 7 – Juniper

Juniper

Juniper represents a break from the standardized concept. This is primarily due to the fact that the field is located in deeper water than the last five projects, which pushes the technical limits of the current standardized concepts. The project will develop the Coralita and Lantana discoveries, located some 52 miles east of Galeota Point in 360 feet of water depth. The fields were discovered in 1972 with the drilling of South East East Mayaro (SEEM) exploration well. Two (2) additional appraisal wells Corallita-1, drilled in 1995) and Lantana-1 , in 1996 wells were drilled to further delineate the fields.

The project team is reviewing several facility and rig concepts for this project. These include a load bearing platform, normally unmanned platform similar to the existing designs, and the possibility of a subsea type concept. The feasibility assessments for these concepts are being conducted with the engineering assistance of Worley Parsons Trinidad and Tobago, in the local office, supported by specialist engineering support from Houston. This was possible, because of the engineering and project management skills developed in bpTT over the last five years and the capability that is being developed by Worley Parsons in Trinidad and Tobago. In fact, this work represents the first concept selection work for a bpTT major project executed in Trinidad and Tobago, and underscores our commitment to developing local expertise in project management.

Slide 8 – ECRP

The East Coast Renewal Project or ECRP consists of three projects:

Low Pressure Reserves Access

Produced Water Handling

Condensate Handling

The three projects are each in the early stages of engineering design and have project teams assigned to evaluate the available technologies and costs for the different concepts that could be deployed. Depending on the outcomes of this early work which is anticipated to be complete in 2010, bpTT will make technical and economic decisions on taking the projects further.

Condensate Handling Project

The condensate produced from bpTT’s offshore gas fields is received, processed, stored and exported from the Galeota Terminal. The existing condensate handling infrastructure at the terminal is aging and would require for substantial upgrade in order for bpTT to efficiently continue operations for the next 20 plus years.

BPTT is evaluating concepts for re-building the existing condensate handling infrastructure in order to deploy more up-to-date technology with lower overall operating and maintenance costs.

The project is in the conceptual engineering phase and would plan to enter Front End Engineering Design in mid-2010 with proposed start-up of the new operation in 2014.

Produced Water Handling Project

The gas produced from bpTT’s offshore gas fields contains water which needs to be removed as part of readying the gas for sale to market. The water removal process currently takes place at the Galeota Terminal. The produced water is first separated from the gas and then the water is further treated to decrease residual hydrocarbons and solids before being discharged to sea in compliance with the Water Pollution Rules of Trinidad and Tobago.

An amendment to the Water Pollution Rules in 2007 considers a more stringent discharge specification for all industries in Trinidad and Tobago. In cooperation with the Environmental Management Authority requirements, bpTT is presently evaluating the available technologies for enhancing the existing produced water handling facilities at Galeota Terminal to enable long term compliance with the new discharge specifications.

The project is in the conceptual engineering phase and would plan to enter Front End Engineering Design in mid-2010 with proposed start-up of the new operation in 2014.

Low Pressure Reserves Access

The Low Pressure Reserves Access (LPRA) project would deploy compression infrastructure within the existing bpTT offshore gas processing system to reduce back-pressure on the wells. Reducing the wells back-pressure enables higher production rates from the wells and access to additional reserves volumes. The LPRA project would likely encompass 9 fields, 3 gas processing hubs, 8 major pipelines and potentially 100,000 horsepower of compression.

The project is in the conceptual engineering phase to determine whether to locate the compression facilities offshore or onshore, as well as the compression horsepower requirements, and scope of modifications to the existing gas production infrastructure. Plans are to enter Front End Engineering Design in mid-2010 with proposed start-up of the new operation in 2014.

Conclusion

In closing, I would like to reiterate BPTT’s commitment to a long-term future in the Trinidad and Tobago energy sector. We believe that we have a robust approach towards project management. That approach has enabled the company to continue to build for the future even as it confronts short term challenges. The standardized platforms from Cannonball to Serrette have served the company well and demonstrated that we could create a local fabrication industry. New projects like Juniper and the East Coast Renewal will test us in different ways. The next step will be to apply the lessons we have learned to these new concepts.

Thank you

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