The
Anglo-Dutch
supermajor
has
called
the
development
one
of
its
most
significant
in
the
area
for
more
than
a
decade
and
one
of
the
largest
currently
planned
by
any
UK
North
Sea
explorer.
UK
Energy
Minister
John
Hayes
said
the
development
–
set
to
add
2%
to
the
country’s
overall
output
-
showed
how
“the
durability
of
oil
production
in
the
North
Sea
constantly
confounds
expectation”.
Shell’s
Glen
Cayley
said
employment
and
industry
would
benefit
significantly
from
the
development,
which
also
illustrated
progress
made
in
technological
innovation.
Situated
220
kilometres
east
of
Aberdeen
in
a
water
depth
of
around
100
metres,…
