First gas after 40 years: geophysical surprises from the Saturn field

This paper was originally given as an oral presentation at the 2006 Vienna EAGE annual conference. At that time the development drilling on the Saturn complex had not been completed. Drilling on the Saturn fields and its satellites was completed early in November 2006, and due to the passage of time, some updates have been included here that were not presented previously. As with the original presentation, there is an emphasis on the surprises that the development drilling encountered, both good and bad. Fortunately, on balance, the positive surprises exceeded the negative and gas is being produced at a higher rate than initially expected.