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Screen the blocks on offer and evaluate their data
packages: seismic, well logs and production history.
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Estimate in-place volumes, risk resources and
production profiles for each target block.
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Define the work programme commitment for the bid: firm
and contingent wells, seismic and studies.
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Prepare the technical sections of the bid and support
the regulator's technical evaluation.
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After award, lead seismic re-processing, reservoir
modelling and the subsurface chapters of the FDP.
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Commission independent reserves certification (CPR) for
fundraising.
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Manage specialist contractors to a fixed budget and set
up the subsurface data room.