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Project:  

Tui Area oil project

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AWE Equity:  

42.5% and Operator

Location:  

PMP 38158, offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Joint Venture:  
Mitsui 35.0%
NZOG 12.5%
Pan Pacific 10.0%
Initial Discovery:  

Tui-1 drilled in 2003

Development Schedule:  
Project Approval 2005
First Oil Produced 2007
Development Cost:  

US$270 million, excluding lease costs of FPSO

Current Production:  

Oil output reached its expected plateau rate of 50,000 bopd in late 2007. The current production rate remains approximately 11,000 bopd.

Brief description:  

Tui oil is produced from four wells, linked to a leased Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Tui joint venture leases the FPSO, at an initial cost of approximately US$178 million for the first phase of the project. The FPSO has a storage capacity of 700,000 barrels of stabilized crude oil.

Ultimate Recoverable Reserves (2P):  

50.5 million barrels of oil
 

  TUATARA FACT SHEET