这座 27 层高的平台位于路易斯安那州新奥尔良以南近 306 公里处，重量超过 60,000 吨，在 4,500 英尺深的水中作业，设计产能为每天从深水 Mad Dog 油田生产高达 140,000 桶石油

Argos 平台被认为是 Mad Dog 第二阶段项目的核心。（来源：英国石油公司）

英国石油公司 (BP) 已开始在美国墨西哥湾深水区价值 90 亿美元的 Mad Dog 2 项目的 Argos 浮式生产平台生产石油。

Argos 的设计产量高达每天 140,000 桶石油。这是该石油和天然气巨头在墨西哥湾的第五个平台。

此外，这是自2008年Thunder Horse平台投产以来，BP在美国墨西哥湾运营的第一个新生产设施。

据BP称，半潜式装置最终将使该公司在该地区的总运营产能提高约20%。

英国石油公司表示，预计今年将安全、系统地提高 Argos 平台的产量。

Argos浮式生产平台配备了BP专有的LoSal提高石油采收率（EOR）和动态数字孪生技术。

其注水能力超过14万桶/日低矿化度水，预计将有助于提高Mad Dog油田的石油采收率。

英国石油公司首席执行官伯纳德·鲁尼表示：“Argos的启动是一项了不起的成就，有助于实现我们的综合能源战略——投资当今的能源系统，同时投资能源转型。”

“Argos 是英国石油公司全球最数字化的设施，应用我们的最新技术，Argos 将在未来几年加强我们在墨西哥湾的关键地位。”

Argos被BP视为Mad Dog二期项目的核心，该项目延长了Mad Dog油田的寿命。Mad Dog 于 1998 年被发现，并自 2005 年起通过 Mad Dog 生产晶石投入生产。

这个 27 层高的平台重达 60,000 多吨，在 4,500 英尺的水中作业。它位于路易斯安那州新奥尔良以南近306公里处。

BP 持有 Mad Dog 60.5% 的股份，并与伍德赛德能源公司 (Woodside Energy) (23.9%) 和雪佛龙美国公司的附属加州联合石油公司 (Union Oil Company of California) (15.6%) 合作。

Located nearly 306km south of New Orleans, Louisiana, the 27-stories tall platform, which weighs over 60,000 tons, operates in 4,500ft of water and is designed to produce up to 140,000 barrels of oil per day from the deepwater Mad Dog field

The Argos platform is considered as the centrepiece of the Mad Dog Phase 2 project. (Credit: BP p.l.c.)

BP has commenced production of oil at the Argos floating production platform at the $9bn Mad Dog 2 project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

Argos has been designed to produce up to 140,000 barrels of oil per day. It is the oil and gas major’s fifth platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Besides, it is the first new production facility operated by BP in the US Gulf of Mexico since the Thunder Horse platform entered into production in 2008.

According to BP, the semi-submersible unit will eventually boost the company’s gross operated production capacity in the region by an estimated 20%.

BP said that it anticipates ramping up production from the Argos platform safely and systematically through this year.

The Argos floating production platform is equipped with BP’s proprietary LoSal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Dynamic Digital Twin technologies.

Its waterflood injection capacity is over 140,000 barrels of low-salinity water per day, which is expected to help improve oil recovery from the Mad Dog field.

BP chief executive Bernard Looney said: “The start-up of Argos is a fantastic achievement that helps deliver our integrated energy strategy – investing in today’s energy system and, at the same time, investing in the energy transition.

“As bp’s most digital facility worldwide, applying our latest technologies, Argos will strengthen our key position in the Gulf of Mexico for years to come.”

Argos is considered by BP as the core of the Mad Dog Phase 2 project, which extends the life of the Mad Dog oil field. Mad Dog was discovered in 1998 and has been in production since 2005 via the Mad Dog production spar.

The 27-floor tall platform, which weighs over 60,000 tons, operates in 4,500ft of water. It is located nearly 306km south of New Orleans, Louisiana.

BP, which has a stake of 60.5% in Mad Dog, is partnered with Woodside Energy (23.9%) and Chevron U.S.A.’s affiliate Union Oil Company of California (15.6%).