Field Development Plans identify how to produce the economically recoverable reserves as cost effectively as possible. To provide a secure financial investment model it is essential to collect accurate data and to undertake a thorough analysis which considers all major aspects of Field Operation throughout the lifetime of the installation.

Technical capabilities cover all surface and subsurface disciplines; reservoir modelling and simulation, enhanced oil recovery techniques and facilities from the wellhead through downstream equipment including Health Safety & Environmental aspects.

Activities will include optimisation of well and surface facility designs to ensure safe and environmentally acceptable operations together with an Environmental Impact statement. The key input data required will include:

• Seismic and Stratigraphic data
• Well logs and Sedimentology data
• Reservoir units and Reservoir fluids
• Porosity and Permeability
• Saturation distribution
• PVT analysis and Special Core Analysis

The development of the Asset Economic model will provide a comprehensive basis on which the financial decisions can be based with confidence. The application of alternative strategies and external influences can be studied to ensure that the selected plan is not over-sensitive to specific external factors. Major risk elements will be fully defined and explored, with mitigation plans outlined where there is particular concern.