It dawned on me that there was likely to be an area nearby capable of producing oil covering a very large area.

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The same situation exists in many oil producing nations in the area.

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South Oil Co. is already producing oil from wells in the same area and plans to expand.

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Analysts believe that Clair - along with other developments in the area - could lead to the Atlantic overtaking the North Sea as the UK's biggest oil-producing region within 20 years.

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