BP expanding two Milne Point pads

Small gravel extensions would accommodate larger rigs used on the North Slope since operations began at C Pad, L Pad in 1980s

Eric Lidji

For Petroleum News

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. wants to slightly expand two pads at the Milne Point unit to accommodate the increasingly larger drilling rigs in use on the Alaska North Slope. The project involves adding some 45 feet between the wellhead and the edge of two drilling pads. The expansion would give larg....