Minister Young commends local content at Bptt’s Cypre project vessel tour

The Honourable Stuart R. Young, Minister of Energy and Energy and Energy Industries along with David Campbell, President bpTT, Paul Stern, Projects General Manager bpTT and Giselle Thompson, Vice President, Communications and External Affairs, bpTT, toured the ‘Seven Seas,’ a pipe-laying vessel which is currently supporting the development of bpTT’s Cypre Project in Trinidad and Tobago. 

The vessel which is currently docked at the ChagTerms dock, Chaguaramas is undertaking ‘transpooling’ activity related to subsea infrastructure installation that will connect gas from the Cypre field to bpTT’s Juniper platform off Trinidad’s southeast coast. 

At the vessel tour, Minister Young met with a number of Trinidad and Tobago nationals working alongside the vessel’s international crew. Among these persons were survey technicians, ‘motormen,’ a survey advisor, ‘medic’ and a remotely operated vehicle (R.O.V.) operator. Minister Young also had the pleasure of meeting three local cadets receiving practical training on-board the vessel, as part of the sea-service component of the University of Trinidad and Tobago’s Diploma in Maritime Operations. 

Minister Young commended the strong representation of Trinidad and Tobago’s maritime industry and local content on-board the vessel and stated that the government will continue to work with energy sector stakeholders to create opportunities such as these that will build local capacity and drive Trinidad and Tobago’s international competitiveness. Minister Young noted that this phase of operations is a direct result of discussions which took place in 2022 where Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the energy minister met with then bp CEO Bernard Looney and bpTT President David Campbell in London to secure the project’s sanction. 

The Cypre Project will become bpTT’s third subsea development in Trinidad and Tobago. The project will include seven wells and subsea trees tied back into bpTT’s existing Juniper platform with gas production projected for 2025. 

This subsea development will capitalize on the existing subsea enabling infrastructure at Juniper allowing gas to be brought to market in a shorter time than a normally-unmanned installation (NUI) development. The new Cypre development will access power from Juniper, eliminating the need for additional power generation which allows production to be supplemented without increasing bpTT’s operating emissions.