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BP pumping crude at latest Gulf project
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/national/article/BP-pumping-crude-at-latest-Gulf-project-5263972.php
BP pumping crude at latest Gulf project
February 24, 2014
BP said Monday it began pumping crude from a new well at one of its four major deep-water hubs in the Gulf of Mexico last week, the second major startup in U.S. offshore region this year. Sitting in 6,300 feet of water about 140 miles southeast of New Orleans, the new well at the Na Kika semi-submersible platform (shown above and to the right) is the third of six BP oil production projects slated to come online this year. BP said it plans to bring another well to production at Na Kika by the end of June. By 2016, new projects could push the region's daily oil production past its previous peak of 1.8 million barrels per day, according to research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.
