The country’s largest gas producer, BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), has announced the start of natural gas production from the Savonette field offshore Trinidad.

Savonette is located in 290 feet of water, approximately 50 miles off Trinidad’s southeast coast. BpTT holds a 100 per cent interest in the field.

Production from the platform is tied into bpTT’s Mahogany B platform via a 26-inch diameter, 5.3-mile subsea pipeline where the gas is processed and then exported into bpTT’s existing infrastructure.

Gas from Savonette will supply Atlantic LNG’s liquefaction plant for export as LNG to international markets, as well as the domestic market, bpTT said in a statement.

With Savonette, bpTT now has production from 12 offshore platforms.