BP has filed an exploration plan for a block where it recently replaced Talos Energy as operator, just west of its Mad Dog field.
The US independent still holds a 100% stake in the Gulf of Mexico block, according to the database of the US Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement.
The Puma West prospect on Green Canyon 821 is just two blocks east of BP’s 2004 Puma discovery, which was near the top of the UK supermajor’s development queue for years, potentially as a Mad Dog tie-back.
