Total (30%) along with partners BHP Billiton (operator with 45%) and Talisman Energy (25%) announce the production start-up of the oil field Greater Angostura, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Greater Angostura is located in block 2(c) 40 kilometres northeast of the Trinidad coast and in water depths of around 40 metres.  The oil production will be around 60,000 barrels of oil per day with all produced gas being initially re-injected in order to optimise oil recovery.   In a second phase of the project, the field’s gas reserves will be developed and commercialized.

The Greater Angostura field has three wellhead platforms tied back to a central production platform, linked by a pipeline to the shore and the Guayaguayare storage terminal.

In Trinidad and Tobago, besides the company’s stake in block 2(c), Total holds a 10% share in block 3(a) presently under exploration.