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Matapal lies to the east of the Juniper platform (Image: BP)
These three wells will tie back into the existing Claire Fitzpatrick, the president of bpTT,
Juniper production platform and will eventually expressed satisfaction with her company’s
yield 400mn cubic feet (11.3mn cubic metres) progress.
per day, it said. The tie-back system will consist “Matapal is an important part of bpTT’s
of two 9-km flexible flowlines connecting the portfolio to continue to underpin our existing
field to the platform, it explained. gas contracts,” she said. “This is bpTT’s second
According to the statement, Matapal is due subsea development in Trinidad, and the spud-
to begin yielding gas in 2022. It will supply gas ding of this well is a key milestone as we work
to the domestic market of Trinidad and Tobago. toward first gas in 2022.”
“The project consists of both greenfield Along with Cassia C, a compression project,
and brownfield activities, with the majority of Matapal will support the company’s Area Devel-
brownfield fabrication being completed locally,” opment Plan, which covers the development of
bpTT added. resources in the Columbus Basin offshore Trin-
The Matapal field lies about 8 km east of the idad and Tobago.
Juniper platform in 163-metre-deep water. It The plan aims to maximise production levels
is around 80 km away from the south-eastern at existing fields via a combination of explora-
coast of Trinidad. tion and development projects. ™

GUYANA
Noble extends term of Guyana

contract with ExxonMobil

THE British offshore drilling contractor Noble the awarded term between four different drill-
Corp. has struck a deal on the extension of its ships. (Noble is operating three other drillships
contract with the US super-major ExxonMobil offshore Guyana: the Noble Bob Douglas, the
for the use of an ultra-deepwater drillship that is Noble Don Taylor and the Noble Sam Croft.)
working offshore Guyana.
In a press statement, London-headquartered
Noble said it had won a 6.5-year extension under
the terms of a Commercial Enabling Agreement
(CEA) for a drillship called Tom Madden. The
drillship was originally contracted to work at
ExxonMobil’s Stabroek block until mid-Febru-
ary 2024 but will now serve until mid-August
2030, it said.
The rig day rate will be updated at least twice
a year subject to a scale-based discount and per-
formance bonus under the terms of the contract,
the company added.
According to the statement, the contract
also gives ExxonMobil the flexibility to transfer The ship will remain under contract till August 2030 (Photo: Noble Corp.)

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