BP begins marketing Thunder Horse crude: traders

NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) has begun marketing production from its 250,000 barrels per day Thunder Horse oil field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, U.S. cash crude traders said on Tuesday.

BP was offering Thunder Horse crude at prices comparable to light sour Eugene Island for September pipeline injection, traders said.

BP began early production at Thunder Horse in June and was producing more than 40,000 barrels per day of oil as of the end of July.

BP owns 75 percent of the field and is its operator. Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) owns the remaining 25 percent stake.

(Reporting by Robert Campbell)