Chevron has started oil and gas production from a project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the oil major said on Monday, bringing the company a step closer toward its goal of growing production from the ocean basin by 50% this year.

By bne IntelliNews Chevron announced on April 21 that it had begun production from the Ballymore subsea tieback in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Ballymore consists of three wells tied back to the Blind Faith platform,

Chevron Corp. said Monday that oil and natural gas production has begun in the deepwater Gulf of America to help reach the company’s goal to produce 300,000 net barrels per day of oil equivalent from