9 April 2021 3:53 GMT Updated 9 April 2021 3:53 GMT in Singapore Australian independent Emperor Energy is looking to progress towards the front-end engineering and design phase for its Judith gas field development offshore Victoria after bringing on board a farm-in partner to share the risk and cost of a new well. The operator’s growing enthusiasm for the grassroots Judith project comes thanks to recently acquired seismic data licensed from French geophysical services player CGG. ENERGY EXPLORED: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCELERATE Gain valuable insight into the global oil and gas industry's energy transition from ACCELERATE, the free weekly newsletter from Upstream and Recharge. The APA Group is performing pre-front engineering and design work for Judith based on four initial wells with a fifth to follow producing a total of 80 million cubic feet per day of gas over 25 years.