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The Jerneh field is the largest Non-Associated Gas (NAG) producing field in the Malay Basin, supplying more than 500 million cubic feet per day of gas to Peninsula Malaysia. Initial production started in 1991 with a single production platform and 20 wells. In 2000, an infill drilling program was carried out to further develop resources and to determine whether a second production platform would be required to optimally develop the field. Information from the program triggered a full field study to evaluate all available data and to identify future development opportunities.The field study was a collaboration of team members from geoscience and engineering backgrounds. The integration of the analyses by the team was essential in identifying an additional infill drilling program from the existing platform, and a second production platform opportunity, contingent upon positive results from a proposed appraisal well.The development programs were formed around several different types of opportunities:(1) Attic gas recovery(2) Seismically defined, undrained reservoirs(3) Marginal quality reservoirs(4) Compartmentalized resources(5) New reservoir potentialTo date, all the opportunities have shown encouraging results, consistent with expectations. The infill program was successfully completed in September 2006. The appraisal well was drilled in February 2006 with its positive results paving the way to an upcoming development plan from a new, second production platform in 2008.The field study identified opportunities not only in new reservoirs, but also in producing reservoirs. This integration of data analysis across multiple disciplines was the key in the opportunity generation efforts to maximize Jernehs future production.