Thunder Horse oil field | |
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![]() Thunder Horse Platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. | |
Country | United States |
Region | Gulf of Mexico |
Location | Mississippi Canyon |
Blocks | 776, 777, 778 |
Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
Coordinates | 28°06′33″N 88°29′40″W / 28.1091°N 88.4944°W |
Operator | BP plc |
Partners | BP plc (75%) ExxonMobil (25%) |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1999 |
Start of development | 2000 |
Start of production | 2007 |
Production | |
Current production of oil | 250,000 barrels per day (~1.2×10 7 t/a) |
Current production of gas | 200×10 6 cu ft/d (5.7×10 6 m3/d) |
Estimated oil in place | 1,000 million barrels (~1.4×10 8 t) |
Producing formations | Lower Tertiary |
Thunder Horse oil field is a large offshore deepwater oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, around 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Large new oil discoveries within it were announced in early 2019.