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This would be enough to power 250,000 long- Mexico has yet to roll out any large-scale
haul freight trucks and 250,000 buses and could plans for green hydrogen production, though it
also create 90,000 jobs, he commented. has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG)
In the power sector, he continued, green emissions by 22% on 2005 baseline levels by
hydrogen may come to support 1,500 GW of 2030 and by 50% by 2050, in line with the Paris
generating capacity by 2050. Meanwhile, he Agreement. It made that commitment during
noted, the national oil company (NOC) Pemex the administration of former President Enrique
may be consuming $1.3bn of green hydrogen Peña Nieto, who was replaced in 2018 by Andres
each year by 2050, if it uses the fuel to support Manuel Lopez Obrador. The incumbent presi-
ammonia production and crude processing dent has shown relatively little interest in renew-
operations. able energy.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
bpTT brings Matapal gas field
on stream ahead of schedule
BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), a subsidiary of since 2019, when it announced that it could not
BP (UK), revealed on September 20 that it had maintain deliveries at the level of 500 mmcf
begun extracting natural gas from the Matapal (14.2 mcm) per day because its infill drilling
field offshore Trinidad and Tobago. project was delivering disappointing results.
In a statement, bpTT said it had succeeded The Matapal field is located 80 km off the
in bringing Matapal on stream seven months south-eastern coast of Trinidad in 63-metre-
ahead of schedule, despite the challenges posed deep water, near bpTT’s Juniper field. The com-
by the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pan- pany has drilled three development wells there
demic. The field is now ramping up to its initial and has linked them to the Juniper platform via
production rate of 250-350mn cubic feet (7.08- subsea tie-backs. These connections are “help-
9.91mn cubic metres) per day of gas, it reported. ing to minimise development costs and the
The company will be delivering gas from associated carbon footprint” of the project, the
Matapal to the domestic market, the statement statement said.
noted. “Gas from this project will be pooled with Claire Fitzpatrick, the president of bpTT,
production from other [bpTT] fields to be used described the beginning of development opera-
as feedstock for the country’s ammonia, meth- tions at Matapal as an accomplishment. “Natu-
anol and LNG plants, as well as for power gen- ral gas will play an important role in the energy
eration,” it said. transition and to the economy of Trinidad and
Presumably some of the gas from the new Tobago for decades to come,” she commented.
site will be delivered to the Atlantic LNG plant, “This is why our team at bpTT has worked dil-
which is located in Point Fortin on the island of igently to safely start up our Matapal project,
Trinidad. which we successfully achieved both under
The BP subsidiary has a stake in each of the budget and ahead of schedule. We are commit-
facility’s four production trains and is currently ted to a strong energy future in Trinidad and
the largest supplier of gas to the plant. It has been Tobago, and this project plays a critical role in
seeking additional supplies of gas for the facility delivering that.”
Rendering of tie-backs at Matapal field (Image: BP)
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