STAVANGER – Rettighetshaverne av PL 018 B/F og PL 044/D, operert av ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, har tatt endelig investeringsbeslutning for tidligere produserte felt-prosjektet (PPF-prosjektet) i Ekofisk-området. Planer for utbygging og drift (PUD) vil bli sendt til Energidepartementet i første kvartal 2026.
PPF-prosjektet er en felles gjenutbygging av feltene Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk og Tommeliten Gamma med utvinnbare gass- og kondensatressurser estimert til 90–120 millioner fat oljeekvivalenter.
– Vårt fokus er på prosjekter med lave utviklingskostnader og økte gassleveranser til Europa. Vi viderefører vår nærfelts-strategi med havbunnsutbygginger i Ekofisk-området, og vi verdsetter våre lisenspartneres støtte til PPF-prosjektet, sier Steinar Våge, regiondirektør for Europa, Midtøsten og Afrika i ConocoPhillips.
Prosjektets kapitalinvestering er om lag 14 milliarder kroner (brutto 1,3 milliarder USD) for PL 018 B/F og om lag 5,5 milliarder kroner (brutto 500 millioner USD) for PL 044/D. Utbyggingsløsningen inkluderer 11 brønner og fire nye havbunnsrammer; alle tilknyttet Ekofisk-senteret via en felles flerfaseledning, med planlagt første gass i fjerde kvartal 2028.
Visse endringer i eierandelene er annonsert og vil bli gjennomført snarlig. ConocoPhillips er operatør for både PL 018 B/F og PL 044/D. Eierandeler etter transaksjonene vil være ConocoPhillips med 35,1 % i PL 018 B/F og 28,3 % i PL 044/D. Andre partnere inkluderer Vår Energi AS (52,3 % i PL 018 B/F og 9,1 % i PL 044/D), Orlen Upstream Norway AS (7,6 % i PL 018 B/F og 62,6 % i PL 044/D) og Petoro (5 % i PL 018 B/F).
Etter innsendelse av planene (PUD) er PPF-prosjektet gjenstand for endelig godkjenning hos myndighetene.
Om tidligere produserte felt
Albuskjell og Vest Ekofisk ligger i PL 018B og PL 018F, mens PL 044 og PL 044D omfatter Tommeliten Gamma i de nye lisensstrukturene. De tre feltene ble stengt inn før slutten av levetiden i 1998 på grunn av nedstengning av infrastruktur og begrenset prosesseringskapasitet på Ekofisk. Kapasitet forventes å bli tilgjengelig mot slutten av 2020-tallet, noe som muliggjør fremtidig gassproduksjon fra disse feltene.
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