Vitol

But through the application of modern seismic processing, a Vitol geophysicist applied his North Sea experience to locate and map the turbidite fairways through pattern recognition.

This interpretation significantly reduced the sub-surface uncertainty and together with a phase development plan to further mitigate risk we decided to press ahead with development using two 1,600-metre horizontal wells. Production commenced in October 2008, only 23 months after project sanction, initially delivering around 18,000 bopd via a low-cost FPSO.