BP is well on track to meet its goal of producing 200,000 b/d of oil equivalent offshore the UK by next year as its revamped Clair field performs better than expected and it looks at opportunities west of the Shetland Islands and in the core, North Sea, its regional president, Ariel Flores, has said. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Flores, who took up his post last year, boasted major efficiency improvements, with gross production rates from BP’s UK-operated assets reaching levels last seen in 2010, around 300,000 b/d, on several days last year. He said the deepwater West of Shetland area remained BP’s focus, with Clair potentially able to produce as much as 155,000 or 160,000 b/d as the Clair Ridge redevelopment […]