Trinidad and Tobago's Dolphin Deep field on stream

July 19, 2006
BG Group PLC and partner Chevron Corp. reported first gas production from Dolphin Deep field, 83 km off Trinidad and Tobago. Gas is being transported to onshore processing facilities at Beachfield on the southeast coast of the twin-island nation.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 19 -- BG Group PLC and partner Chevron Corp. reported first gas production from Dolphin Deep field, 83 km off Trinidad and Tobago. Gas is being transported to onshore processing facilities at Beachfield on the southeast coast of the twin-island nation.

BG Trinidad & Tobago (BG T&T) operates Dolphin Deep in the East Coast Marine Area.

Production from the two Dolphin Deep wells is expected to reach a peak of 250 MMscfd of gas for delivery to Atlantic LNG in Port Fortin. Dolphin Deep is Trinidad and Tobago's first subsea development, BG T&T said.