Gas production from Starfish to begin offshore Trinidad and Tobago

Dec. 5, 2014
Partners in the Starfish natural gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago say production from the development will begin Dec. 6.

Partners in the Starfish natural gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago say production from the development will begin Dec. 6.

Starfish field, which was discovered in 1998, straddles Block 5(a) and Block E and forms part of the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA). ECMA is operated by BG Group subsidiaries on behalf of the joint venture with Chevron Trinidad & Tobago Resources SRL of which each hold 50% participating interest.

The field is expected to reach peak production of 200 MMscfd.

The Starfish Development, which involved the drilling of four subsea wells and a 10-km subsea tieback to the Dolphin (A) platform, was due to be completed in this year’s third quarter but was delayed due to rough seas off Trinidad’s Atlantic east coast.

BG Group said the gas from Starfish will be processed, commingled with Dolphin field production, and delivered via existing subsea pipelines to shore to supply existing contractual commitments with Trinidad and Tobago’s National Gas Co. (NGC) and producer Atlantic LNG.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said production from the field will help ease some of the tightness in the country’s natural gas market (OGJ Online, June 27, 2014). Ramnarine said 2015 should see fewer shutdowns than previous years, adding that Starfish is the first gas field to come online in Trinidad and Tobago “in a while.”