BP's Argos Addition in Gulf Adds 20,000 BOE/D to Platform's Production

August 7, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--This week BP plc (London, England) announced the startup of the Southwest Extension of its Argos platform, located in the Mad Dog field. The extension is expected to add 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/D) of gross peak annualized average production to the platform, whose gross production capacity is listed as up to 140,000 barrels of oil per day according to BP.