Construction of the Kitan oil field, 550 kilometres north of Darwin in the Timor Sea, has started.

 

The Kitan field is being developed through the construction of deep water subsea completion wells that will allow the facility to reach a peak production of around 40,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD). 

 

Oil from the Kitan field will be fed from three undersea wells to a large vessel called a floating production storage and offloading facility.

 

The vessel stores the oil until it can be offloaded onto tankers.