Project Profile
Location: Barbados basin, eastern Trinidad and Tobago
Reserves: 2.4-23.6 tcf and possible oil reserves of 428–4,200 million bbl
Area: 4,101 sq km
Start-up Year: -
BHP Billiton has been awarded all four of the deepwater blocks approved by the government of Trinidad and Tobago in its 2012 deepwater bid round. The four production-sharing contracts will see, in the first phase, at least six deepwater exploration wells drilled and 5,330 sq km of 3D seismic. The technical committee of the government estimated the possible gas reserves in these blocks at 2.4-23.6 tcf and possible oil reserves of 428–4,200 million bbl. The four blocks cover in total 4,101 square kilometres (TTDAA 5 – 1,092.36, TTDAA 6 - 994.38, TTDAA 28 - 1,014.71 and TTDAA 29- 999.63) and they are located in the Barbados basin of Trinidad and Tobago.
In 2014, BHP Billiton issued a tender for geotechnical, geochemical, environmental, and metocean surveys in the blocks. Work started in September and the scope took a year to complete.
Operators:
BHP Billiton: Operator with 100% interest