BERKELEY, California (Reuters) - BP on Thursday said that the 200,000 barrels per day Atlantis oil field in the Gulf of Mexico will start producing in the middle of this year. Atlantis, slated as ...

Scheduled to start production in 2020, the eight new wells will add 38,000 bpd to BP's production at Atlantis. The decision comes after BP found another 400 million barrels of oil at the field.

Oil major BP <BP.L> is on track to start its giant 200,000 barrels per day Atlantis oil field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in December, a BP spokesman confirmed on Monday.

BP's Thunder Horse field is the Gulf's largest oil and gas find. The company's initial estimates of Atlantis reserves were closer to 300 million barrels.

BP's Atlantis field is produced via a moored semi-submersible in Green Canyon Block 787, in 7074 feet of water, which began operations in 2007.

The move comes about a month after London-listed oil and gas major BP discovered further oil prospects in the Gulf of Mexico, including additional oil in the Atlantis field. BP said the total cost ...

Atlantis, located 150 miles south of New Orleans in 7000 feet of water, is one of the US Gulf's largest platforms with capacity for 200,000 barrels of oil per day and 180 million cubic feet of gas ...

LONDON (Alliance News) - BP PLC on Tuesday said it has approved a "major extension" at the Atlantis oil field in the US Gulf of Mexico, as well as identifying additional oil resources in the ...