BP successfully delivered the first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project in the US Gulf of America, marking the company's seventh upstream major project startup of 2025. The project is expected to add 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) gross peak annualized average production at the existing Atlantis platform.

The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion was completed two months ahead of its original schedule, making it the fifth of seven projects in 2025 to safely start up ahead of schedule. BP achieved this acceleration by utilizing existing subsea inventory, drilling and completing wells more efficiently, and streamlining offshore execution planning.

Project Details and Technical Specifications

The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion adds two wells to an existing drill center, which serves as a subsea hub connecting multiple wells. The project uses a subsea tieback system that connects new wells to existing offshore production facilities via pipelines, extending the footprint of the Atlantis field, initially discovered in 1998.

Atlantis represents one of BP's longest-running platforms in the Gulf of America, with a gross production capacity of up to 200,000 barrels of oil per day. The platform operates in 7,074 feet of water, approximately five times the height of New York's Empire State Building, and is located about 150 miles south of New Orleans. The Atlantis platform is BP's deepest moored floating platform in the Gulf of America and has been in production for nearly 20 years.

Strategic Growth Plans and Future Projects

Gordon Birrell, BP's executive vice president of production and operations, stated that the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion supports the company's plans to safely grow its upstream business, which includes increasing US production to around 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2030. The project demonstrates BP's strategy of maximizing production from existing platforms in the Gulf of America while growing US offshore energy production safely and efficiently.

The Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion represents the second in a series of new projects BP is planning in the US Gulf of America between now and the end of the decade. These projects are expected to enable BP to boost its capacity to produce more than 400,000 boe/d from the US offshore region by 2030.

In August 2025, BP started up the Argos Southwest Extension project, a three-well subsea tieback that adds 20,000 boe/d of gross peak annualized average oil production to the Argos platform. Looking ahead to 2027, BP plans to deliver the Atlantis Major Facility Expansion, which will further increase production from the Atlantis field using existing infrastructure.

Global Project Portfolio and Partnerships

Beyond the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project, BP started up major projects this year in Trinidad and Tobago (2), the UK North Sea, Egypt, Mauritania, and Senegal, as well as the Argos Southwest Expansion in the Gulf of America. These startups contribute to BP's plan to deliver 10 major project startups globally by 2027.

BP operates as Atlantis' operator with a 56% working interest, while Woodside Energy holds a 44% working interest as co-owner. In the broader Gulf of America region, BP serves as a leading producer in deepwater operations, operating five production platforms: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse. The company also holds interests in four non-operated hubs: Great White, Mars, Olympus, and Ursa.

Andy Krieger, BP's senior vice president for the Gulf of America and Canada, emphasized the company's commitment to investing in America, expressing confidence that the region will continue to play a critical role in delivering secure and reliable energy to the world today and tomorrow. Krieger noted that the expansion at Atlantis demonstrates the benefits of maximizing production from existing platforms in the Gulf of America.

Birrell highlighted that the latest success demonstrates the dedication of BP's US project team and teams around the world, who are delivering new barrels at pace and with lower production costs in the service of growing long-term value for shareholders.

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