BHP produces first oil from Ruby in Trinidad and Tobago

BHP Group Ltd has produced first oil from the Ruby project offshore Trinidad and Tobago in Block 3(a) within Greater Angostura field.

Ruby, discovered in November 2006, lies in 60-90 metres of water about 40 km north-east of the twin-island nation’s coast.

BHP made final investment decision (FID) on the US$500-million project in August 2019.

Development of oil and gas production from Ruby and Delaware reservoirs consists of tie-back of five production wells and one gas injector well to existing operated processing infrastructure on Block 2C about eight km east.

At completion, Ruby is expected to have capacity to produce up to 16,000 gross b/d of oil and 80 MMscfd of gas.

Drilling and completions activities at Ruby are ongoing, with subsequent wells to be placed into production in second- and third-quarter 2021. Completion is expected in third-quarter 2021.

Ruby is a joint venture between operator BHP (68.46%) and The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (31.54%).

Source: Oil & Gas Journal