Project Profile
Location: NCMA Unit Area
Water Depth: 500 feet (152 Meters)
The BG Group-operated NCMA development, located 40 kilometres off the north coast of Trinidad, includes six gas fields: Hibiscus, Poinsettia, Chaconia, Ixora, Heliconia and Bougainvillea. There is a Unitisation Agreement with Petrotrin for the development of accumulations within the NCMA Unit Area. In December 2000, the government of Trinidad and Tobago approved the development of the first three fields. These fields are being developed in up to four phases to supply gas to Atlantic LNG Trains 2, 3 and 4.
The Hibiscus platform was installed in 2001, together with a pipeline from NCMA to Atlantic LNG at Point Fortin. In 2003, de-bottlenecking increased the capacity of the pipeline to 30% above the original design.
In 2002, BG Group and its partners announced first gas production from the NCMA Hibiscus field into Atlantic Train 2. NCMA is contracted to supply 240 mmscfd gas to Train 2 for up to 20 years, in addition to 45mmscfd to Train 3. Production into Train 3 started in 2003. NCMA started to supply gas to Atlantic LNG Train 4 in 2005. The Train 4 supply contract is for approximately 80mmscfd for ten years.
Since 2003, there has been further development activity on the Ixora, Chaconia and Hibiscus fields.
The key recent project has been the development of the Poinsettia field as part of Phase 3c and includes accessing Heliconia and Bougainvillea fields as part of Phase 3d. This has involved building a new drilling and production platform, the largest structure installed in Trinidadian waters, with initial production from a single sub-sea well. A new pipeline connects the new platform to the existing Hibiscus platform 20 kilometres away. First gas from Phase 3c was achieved in January 2009. The drilling programme recommenced in July 2009 and was completed successfully in May 2010 via completion of six development wells, thereby increasing NCMA deliverability to Atlantic LNG.
Operators:
BG Group: Operator with 45.88%
Petrotin: 19.50% interest
Eni: 17.31% interest
PetroCanada: 17.31% interest
Contractor:
McDermott: EPCI - 750-ton compressor module, O&M contract