BHP Group Ltd. 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 m of water about 40 km northeast of the twin-island nation’s coast. BHP made final investment decision (FID) on the $500-million project in August 2019 (OGJ Online, Aug. 8, 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 8 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%).