West Don sanction
The West Don partners submitted an FDP to DBERR in late December 2007. The development plan is based on a joint development with the nearby Don SW Field. The fields will share the floating production facility Northern Producer and some subsea and export infrastructure. The Northern Producer lease is in place and the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean John Shaw has been contracted for initial development drilling. Partner interests in West Don are Petrofac (operator) 27.7%, First Oil 19.275%, Nippon 18.5%, Valiant 17.275% and Stratic 17.250%. P50 reserves net to First Oil are estimated at 4.25 mmstb of high quality light crude. First production is expected in Q2 2009. (January 2008) |
