bpTT not building Angelin platform

They were upset over their removal last weekend from the Rowan EXL II rig, located off Trinidad’s east coast. The action was taken pursuant to a court order after the workers, on Wednesday last, ceased operations aboard the citing safety concerns.

All of bpTT’s platforms since Cannonball; which was commissioned in 2005, have been constructed at TOFCO. However with Juniper, the most recent bpTT platform, work stoppage due to industrial action affected its completion timeline.

This was partly why bpTT ended up constructing the jacket in the USA while the topside was built by TOFCO.

BP’s website states that after the commissioning of Cannonball, “four platforms – Mango, Cashima, Savonette and Serrette – were also locally designed and constructed with more than 80 percent of the labour performed by Trinidad and Tobago nationals.” Regarding the need for a continued supply of natural gas to TT’s energy companies, bpTT yesterday said ensuring gas supply volumes can be maintained in 2019 and beyond “is a priority”.

“While bpTT and the NGC continue to progress the completion of a gas sales agreement as a prerequisite to the sanction of Angelin, bpTT continues to pursue all options to maintain the project schedule and first gas goal of early 2019.

This is a priority to ensure that gas supply volumes can be maintained in 2019 and beyond.”