Harvester Energy has announced the award of two blocks in the UK North Sea containing reserves suitable for low-cost development. Harvester Energy was awarded the blocks by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) in the second tranche of the 33rd oil and gas licencing round. Located offshore Aberdeen in the Central North Sea, Block 29/7b contains the undeveloped Curlew A oil field and Block 22/12b contains the Phoenix discovery. The company believes that a sequential development of Curlew A followed by Phoenix is suitable for deployment of the patented Pivotree small-field production system, which consists of a subsea oil production Christmas tree that doubles as the station keeping (mooring) for an FPSO. The first phase of development of the Curlew A and Pheonix oil fields is a review of existing 3D seismic data to better understand reservoir modelling to underpin the economic evaluation of the fields. 

Harvester Energy and Pivotree Pty Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the companies commit to work together through the development process, with Pivotree providing engineering and technical support for early study work.

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