The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has granted Hurricane Energy’s request for a field determination area for Lancaster.
The company has been awarded the oil field status as oil field number 572 which Hurricane says is the first step in progressing the submission of the Lancaster early production system (EPS) field development plan (FDP).
Dr Robert Trice, chief executive, said: “I’m delighted that the Oil and Gas Authority has granted Lancaster oil field status which is an important step in progressing to first oil from Lancaster.
“Furthermore, the granting of oil field status for Lancaster helps the partitioning of Hurricane’s other discoveries and prospects that sit within Licence P1368.”