North Sea newcomer Decipher Energy has delivered first oil from the Orlando field less than two years after taking over the 10 million barrel project from a victim of the downturn.
Bosses at Decipher, founded in 2016, said Orlando was just the start for the Aberdeen firm as it presses ahead with a number of oilfield developments and hunts for acquisitions.
The business acquired an initial 75% of the field in April 2017 when it struck a deal with the administrators of Iona Energy, a Granite City firm which folded the previous year after failing to restructure its finances.