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clean-up system,” Platt says. Hurricane

Greater Lancaster Area (GLA)

EPIC hopes to be able to discharge any pro- and Whirlwind Phase 3 duced water over the side. “Hurricane has also started discussions with a number of FPSO providers for a fnancial solution, which would not rely on traditional bank fnancing routes to help solve its conundrum of having to collateralize a letter of assurance to the

FPSO provider,” Platt says.

Phase 2, “Post-EPS Capex Lite”

What the new phase 2 would look like is still undecided. “It could be that Hurricane goes direct from the “EPS Capex Lite” to a full feld development in one go, or via the

CPR concept of phase 1 through to a full feld development,” Platt says.

Hurricane also has more than the

Lancaster feld to consider. The nearby

Lincoln feld has a P50 prospective

What a Greater Lancaster Area and Whirlwind development might look like.

resource of 150 MMbbl, which could pave the way for a Greater Lancaster Area suggests the hydrocarbon type may be named Warwick, considered to be analo- (GLA) hub development. either a light condensate or volatile oil. gous to the Lancaster discovery. Lincoln

There is also Whirlwind, with a 200 Then, there is also Strathmore, is also thought to extend into 204/30b.

MMbbl 2C contingent resource in the oil Typhoon and Tempest. As OE went to “There’s signifcant potential West of case. However, Whirlwind might require a press, Hurricane announced it had been Shetland, not just for us, but for every- platform-based solution to host compres- awarded two further blocks in the area, one,” says Platt, who is keen to empha- sion supported by the GLA hub FPSO, as 204/30b and 205/26d, which contain a size the opportunities for collaboration analysis of the Whirlwind discovery well new basement prospect provisionally and shared facilities in this area.

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