EOG delivers first gas from Mento offshore Trinidad
May 29, 2025
EOG Resources Trinidad Ltd. (EOG) delivered first gas from the Mento development offshore southeast Trinidad in Columbus basin. The drilling campaign for the remaining seven gross wells on the platform will now begin, partner bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) said in a release May 29.
The Mento project has an attended wellhead platform with well testing capability tied back to the Pelican platform. The project includes 12 development wells, including 3 exploration tails.
Mento is a 50/50 joint venture between operator EOG Resources Trinidad and bpTT.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
