In Trinidad, BP greenlights Ginger, touts Frangipani success

PORT OF SPAIN, March 27, 2025 – bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has sanctioned the Ginger gas development and, separately, achieved exploration success at its Frangipani well, the company said on Thursday.

Ginger will become bpTT’s fourth subsea project and will include four subsea wells and subsea trees tied back to bpTT’s existing Mahogany B platform.

First gas from the project is expected in 2027 and will make up one of BP’s 10 major projects expected to start up between 2025 and 2027. At peak, the development is expected to have the capacity to produce average gas production of 62,000 boepd.

The Ginger development, as well as bpTT’s Cypre gas project scheduled to start up in 2025, are part of bpTT’s strategy of maximising production from existing acreage and developing capital-efficient projects that tie into existing infrastructure.

Ginger is located around 80 kilometres off Trinidad’s southeast coast in water depths of less than 300 feet. Drilling on the first well began in January and is expected to resume in Q4 of this year. Frangipani is located east of the existing Mahogany field, around 80 kilometres off the southeast coast.

The project meets BP’s expected returns from upstream projects and is fully accommodated within BP’s capital expenditure plans. BP will leverage learnings from prior subsea projects to bring gas to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Drilling at the Frangipani exploration well identified multiple stacked gas reservoirs within the same geological structure. Options are currently being evaluated to move the discovery forward at pace. bpTT has a 100% working interest in both Ginger and Frangipani.

“I am very proud to announce these two milestones. With Frangipani, our objective was to prove that our continued progress in exploration and appraisal activity could unlock new fields and investment opportunities for the region,” BPTT president David Campbell said.

“And the sanction of Ginger represents our commitment to continuing the development of resources in our existing acreage and to producing the gas that Trinidad and Tobago – and the world – needs.”

Read our latest interview with David Campbell, president of bp Trinidad and Tobago, here

BP’s key operations in Trinidad and Tobago are located off Trinidad’s east coast. BP Trinidad and Tobago currently operates 12 offshore platforms, two subsea installations and two onshore processing facilities.

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