据石油和天然气管道新闻5月12日消息，BP公司已批准开发位于墨西哥湾深水区的雷马油田南部二期扩建项目。

该项目将进一步提高墨西哥湾最大油田之一的产量，并标志着BP在美国近海地区的最新重大投资。

该项目预计将使现有雷马平台的日产量达到峰值，每天增加约5万桶石油当量，并预计2021年将首次开采石油。

BP负责墨西哥湾和加拿大业务总裁Starlee Sykes表示:“雷马油田的最新扩建是墨西哥湾引领BP公司实现得天独厚的石油增长的又一个案例，它释放了巨大的价值，并安全地发展了一项高利润业务。”

该大型项目将在现有雷马平台以南约两英里处新建两个海底生产单元，并在近期内新建两口油井，最终将新增八口钻井作为整体开发的一部分。

程张翔 编译自 石油和天然气管道新闻

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BP approves Thunder Horse South expansion

BP has sanctioned development of the Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The project will further boost output at one of the largest oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and marks BP’s latest major investment in the U.S. offshore region.

The project is expected to add an estimated 50,000 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) of production at its peak at the existing Thunder Horse platform, with first oil expected in 2021.

“This latest expansion at Thunder Horse is another example of how the Gulf of Mexico is leading the way in advantaged oil growth for BP, unlocking significant value and safely growing a high-margin business,” said Starlee Sykes, BP’s regional president for the Gulf of Mexico and Canada.

This upstream major project will add two new subsea production units roughly two miles to the south of the existing Thunder Horse platform with two new production wells in the near term. Eventually eight wells will be drilled as part of the overall development.