The gas find could ultimately boost Europe's energy security as it cuts ties with Russia, while underlining the Black Sea's potential for further discoveries.
The platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) have undergone extensive upgrades and are now ready for doubling the field life – and more than doubling production.
The Wassana field in the G10/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand came onstream in August 2015 and comprises a mobile offshore production unit and a floating storage and offloading vessel.