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Blake Flank Oil Development Gets Go AheadThe DTI has approved the £60 million Blake Flank development in the UK North Sea. The operator is BG and is partnered by Talisman Energy and Paladin Resources. The subsea controls contract has been awarded to Aker Kvaerner, and that for subsea Christmas trees to Cameron Cooper. Tenders for the drilling unit and Subsea EPIC contract (Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction) are currently being evaluated, and award details are expected to be announced shortly. First oil production from Blake Flank - which is an extension of the original BG-operated Blake Channel field in the same production licence - is scheduled for Q3, 2003. Due to the increased oil production rate of the combined development, the economic life of the Blake field should be extended by an estimated two years. The facilities will comprise two production wells and a single water injector tied into the existing Blake Production Manifold. |