Poinsettia Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Shell
• Country: Trinidad and Tobago
• Location: North Coast Marine Area (NCMA)
• Production start: 2009
• Partners:
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• Located off the northwest shore of Trinidad in water 530 feet deep
• The Poinsettia platform can produce as much as 350 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day of gas
• Gas is transported via a 20-inch diameter pipeline to the Hibiscus platform before final pipeline transmission to shore
• The gas is supplied to the Atlantic LNG Terminal
• The Colibri field consists of four subsea gas wells, tied back to the Poinsettia Platform

Contractors

• **Fluor / McDermott:** program management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the 4,000-ton topsides for the offshore drilling and gas production platform
• **Tofco:** Deck Fabrication
• **Derescom:** Fuel Gas Treatment/Pressure Reduction Package
• **FoundOcean:** Grouting

History

• 2000 - The Government of Trinidad & Tobago approved the development
• 2007 - Fluor / McDermott awarded topsides contract
• 2009 - First gas produced
• 2020 - FID for the Colibri field
• 2022 - Colibri field came onstream

Links

1. TOFCO Platform References
2. FoundOcean Subsea References
3. Mcdermott Platform References
4. Derescom Oil And Gas Processing References
5. Trinidad & Tobago Government gives go-ahead to new gas province
6. Fluor-Led Consortium to Build Offshore Drilling & Gas Production Platform off Coast of Trinidad
7. Fluor-Led Offshore Project Reaches First Gas
8. Shell Trinidad and Tobago delivers first gas from Colibri Project