Exploration in a Mature Basin – Carboniferous – Old Reservoir, New Play, New Basin Opener

Q007 Exploration in a Mature Basin - Carboniferous - Old Reservoir New Play New Basin Opener C. Flavell* (Tullow Oil Plc) SUMMARY 71 st EAGE Conference & Exhibition — Amsterdam The Netherlands 8 - 11 June 2009In 2001 Tullow Oil completed the acquisition of a portfolio of assets in the UK Southern North Sea from BP. The focus of these assets was a number of mature yet declining gasfields including Hewett Thames Gawain Orwell Murdoch and Boulton. Additional to these were a number of near-term development opportunities including Horne and Wren Wissey and the innovative CMSIII project where 5 Carboniferous