Technology plays a critical role in helping our Gulf of America team maximize production and unlock greater value from existing offshore production platforms. Subsea pumps are one example, supporting sustained and increased production over the life of our fields.
A subsea pump is installed on the seafloor as part of a subsea production system. It boosts the flow of oil and gas from a reservoir, helping transport it more efficiently from the well to a production platform. It helps capture more of the oil and gas available underground, and sometimes it can even keep the platform producing for longer.
bp and Thunder Horse co-owner, ExxonMobil (25% working interest), have recently announced final investment decision on our Thunder Horse subsea pump. With plans to deliver first oil in 2028, the project is expected to add around 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of peak gross annual average production.
Cost-efficient by design, the subsea pump is expected to deliver production comparable to that of drilling up to two new wells - while reducing pressure across existing wells and helping position Thunder Horse to produce for longer.
“Enabled by close collaboration with our Thunder Horse co-owner, ExxonMobil, the subsea pump is a high priority development to deliver production at the platform by embracing industry solutions – it takes everyone’s commitment to safety, collaboration, quality, and capital productivity to deliver th
The Thunder Horse subsea pump is a strategic investment to support and enhance production from bp’s largest oil and gas production platform. The project represents the first application of a proven approach that bp expects to extend to later developments such as Kaskida and Tiber, which are expected to begin production in 2029 and 2030, respectively.
