bp has started its seventh major project startup of 2025 with the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion, reinforcing its momentum in bp major projects 2025 and continued investment in bp US Gulf of America offshore production. This bp project startup 2025 adds two new subsea wells to the existing Atlantis platform, increasing production by an estimated 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Delivered two months ahead of schedule, the project highlights bp’s efficiency in offshore execution and its focus on safe, sustainable energy development.
The project has already delivered first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion in the US Gulf of America, marking bp’s seventh upstream major project startup of the year. The milestone underscores the role of existing infrastructure and streamlined offshore execution in accelerating new production.
The project is expected to add 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) gross peak annualized average production at the existing Atlantis platform. Atlantis, one of bp’s longest-running platforms in the Gulf of America, has a gross production capacity of up to 200,000 barrels of oil per day.
The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion adds two wells to an existing drill center, a subsea hub connecting multiple wells. The subsea tieback, which connects new wells to existing offshore production facilities through pipelines, extends the footprint of the Atlantis field discovered in 1998.
bp delivered the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project two months ahead of its original schedule by utilizing existing subsea inventory, drilling and completing wells more efficiently, and streamlining offshore execution planning. This is bp’s fifth major startup that has been delivered ahead of schedule this year.
“Atlantis Drill Center 1 caps off an excellent year of seven major project start-ups for bp. This project supports our plans to safely grow our upstream business, which includes increasing US production to around 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2030.
“This latest success demonstrates the dedication of our US project team and our teams around the world, who are delivering new barrels at pace and with lower production costs, in service of growing long-term value for shareholders,” said Gordon Birrell, bp’s executive vice president of production and operations.
The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion is the second in a series of new projects bp is planning in the US Gulf of America between now and the end of the decade that are expected to enable bp to boost its capacity to produce more than 400,000 boe/d from the US offshore region by 2030.
In August 2025, bp started up the Argos Southwest Extension project, a three-well subsea tieback that is adding 20,000 boe/d barrels a day of gross peak annualized average oil production to our Argos platform. In 2027, bp plans to deliver Atlantis Major Facility Expansion, which will further increase production from the Atlantis field using existing infrastructure.
“This expansion at Atlantis is further testament to the benefits of maximizing production from our existing platforms in the Gulf of America, growing bp’s US offshore energy production safely and efficiently.
“We are committed to investing in America as we firmly believe this region will continue to play a critical role in delivering secure and reliable energy to the world today and tomorrow,” said Andy Krieger, bp’s senior vice president for the Gulf of America and Canada.
In addition to the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project, bp started up major projects this year in Trinidad and Tobago (2), the UK North Sea, Egypt, Mauritania and Senegal, as well as Argos Southwest Expansion in the Gulf of America – contributing to its plan to deliver 10 major project startups globally by 2027.
bp is Atlantis’ operator with 56% working interest. The co-owner is Woodside Energy (44% working interest).
Summary
bp has successfully started up its seventh major project of 2025, achieving first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion in the US Gulf of America. The project adds two new subsea wells to the existing Atlantis platform, increasing production by an estimated 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and enhancing the field’s long-term output. Delivered two months ahead of schedule, this project demonstrates bp’s efficiency in offshore project execution and its ability to maximize existing subsea infrastructure.
The Atlantis expansion supports bp’s strategy to safely grow US offshore production, targeting 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2030. It also marks another milestone in a year of major global projects, including startups in Trinidad and Tobago, the UK North Sea, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, and the Gulf of America. This success highlights bp’s focus on operational excellence, sustainable energy production, and long-term value creation for shareholders.
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Source: bp
