BP awards SLB OneSubsea boosting contract for Thunder Horse

SLB OneSubsea has received a contract from bp to supply a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse project, located in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico.

The agreement covers the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the system, including project management, engineering, manufacturing and testing.

SLB OneSubsea is a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7.

The Thunder Horse contract follows similar awards by bp to SLB OneSubsea for the Kaskida and Tiber developments.

Each contract employs a standardised, supplier-led subsea boosting system solution. This approach is intended to support improved execution efficiency and reduce delivery timelines.

Details on the value or specific timeline of the latest contract were not disclosed.

SLB OneSubsea CEO Mads Hjelmeland said: “Subsea boosting is an important enabler for extending production from existing assets.

“Our standardised subsea solutions support faster deployment and improved efficiency, helping operators enhance production and recovery while optimising overall field performance.”

The Thunder Horse oil and gas field is situated roughly 240km south-east of New Orleans, US.

Operated by bp, which holds a 75% ownership interest, the field is jointly owned by ExxonMobil, which holds the remaining 25%.

Production at the offshore field began in June 2008.

Thunder Horse has a reported peak capacity of 250,000 barrels of oil per day, in addition to 200 million metric cubic feet of gas per day.

The initial discovery well for Thunder Horse was drilled in 1999 at Mississippi Canyon Block 778, reaching a depth of 25,770ft.

The drilling operation, conducted by drill-ship the Discoverer 534, encountered 520ft of net pay across three separate intervals.

In March 2026, SLB OneSubsea secured an EPC contract from PTTEP Sabah Oil, a subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company (PTTEP), for a deepwater project offshore Malaysia.

This contract expanded OneSubsea’s role in providing integrated subsea production systems for PTTEP’s deepwater projects in the region.

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