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Much bigger gas discovery seen offshore East Timor

After using modern techniques to reprocess old seismic data from Shell's 1998 Chuditch gas discovery offshore East Timor, the current operator Baron Oil, is expecting a much bigger gas field than previously anticipated. Crucially, the London-listed explorer is now gearing up to drill an exciting appraisal well, subject to financing, in a neighborhood that recently attracted Italy's Eni.