The Kitan Oil Field is located in the permit 06-105 of the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), an area jointly administered by Timor-Leste and Australia and situated approximately 170km off the Timor-Leste coast and 500km off the Australian coast.
The Kitan Oil Field will be developed through three sub sea completion wells connected to the FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) ‘Glas Dowr’, operated by Bluewater under contract to Eni.
First production is expected to commence in the second half of 2011, which will see oil being delivered to market in just over three years from discovery.
A wholly owned subsidiary InpexTimor Sea has a 35% participating interest in the permit JPDA 06-105, with the other joint venture partners of Eni (40%) as operator and Talisman Resources (JPDA 06-105) (25%).
The Kitan Oil Field Development Project expands Inpex’s presence and growth potential in the region. Inpex has other interests and activities through its subsidiaries in adjacent areas with an 11.274908% in the producing Bayu-Undan gas condensate field and related LNG facilities.
