Tie-back: BP's Greater Plutonio floating production, storage and offloading vessel moored in Block 18 off Angola Photo: BP

BP finally starts drilling at key deep-water oil project off Angola

UK supermajor drills with Valaris-owned drillship on Platina field, with tie-back due to nearby FPSO

1 December 2020 12:16 GMT Updated 1 December 2020 12:19 GMT

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BP has started development drilling at its deep-water Platina field off Angola, a project that is running many years behind the initial schedule.

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