BP’s Argos platform for the Mad Dog 2 project has arrived in the US after safely completing its 16,000-mile journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Tex. from South Korea (OGJ Online, Jan. 12, 2017).
Argos is a semi-submersible floating production platform and will be the company’s fifth operated platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Following work at Kiewit, Argos will be towed to its offshore home in the Gulf of Mexico, and will be installed about 6 miles from the original Mad Dog spar, about 190 miles south of New Orleans, where it will operate in 4,500 ft of water.
Mad Dog 2 will produce up to 140,000 gross b/d of crude oil from up to 14 production wells. Start-up of Mad Dog 2 is projected for the second quarter of 2022.
BP is operator in Mad Dog (60.5%) with partners BHP (23.9%) and Chevron (15.6%).
