Equinor welcomes OKEA as new partner in the Statfjord area
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The Statfjord B platform in the North Sea.
(Photo: Rune Meyer Amundsen / Equinor)
Equinor has entered into an agreement to divest 28% working interest in PL037 (Statfjord area) to OKEA with an effective date 1 January 2023.
Facts about the Statfjord area
- The Statfjord area covers the following licenses: Statfjord Unit (or Statfjord main field), Statfjord Øst Unit, Statfjord Nord, Sygna Unit and Barnacle. The Statfjord Unit development covers the Statfjord A, B and C concrete gravity base platforms. The other fields, except for Barnacle, are subsea developments tied back to the main field platforms. Equinor is operator for all licenses.
- Following the transaction, the field licensees (partners) will be as follows:
- Statfjord Unit: Equinor Energy AS (40,17028%), Okea ASA (23,93123%), Vår Energi AS (21,36717%), Equinor UK Ltd (14.53131%)
- Statfjord Øst Unit: Equinor Energy AS (29,25%), Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (20,55%), Okea ASA (14,0%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (4,8%), Wintershall DEA Norge AS (1,4%)
- Statfjord Nord: Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (25%), Okea ASA (28,0%), Equinor Energy AS (17,0%)
- Sygna Unit: Equinor Energy AS (28,025%), Petoro AS (30,0%), Vår Energi AS (20,995%), Okea ASA (15,4%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (4,32%), Wintershall DEA Norge AS (1,26%)