Aker BP (OSE: AKRBP) (OTCQX: AKRBF; AKRBY): The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum
and Energy (MPE) has today approved a total of nine plans for development and
operation (PDOs) and one plan for installation and operation (PIO), all operated
by Aker BP.
· Link to the MPE's press
release (https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/godkjenning-av-nye-prosjekter-pa
-norsk-sokkel/id2987131/) (in Norwegian only)
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All of the development plans were submitted to the MPE in December last year.
Further details about the PDO approvals for each of the development projects:
· Approved development plans for Skarv Satellite Projects
(SSP) (https://akerbp.com/borsmelding/approved-development-plans-for-skarv
-satellite-projects-ssp/)
· Approved development plans for Symra and Solveig Phase
2 (https://akerbp.com/borsmelding/development-plans-for-symra-and-solveig-phase
-2-approved/)
· Press release 5 June: Aker BP's major projects approved by Stortinget -
Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP-Fenris (https://akerbp.com/en/borsmelding/aker-bps
-major-projects-approved-by-stortinget-2/)
The total recoverable resources from these development projects are estimated to
above 700 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) net for Aker BP, with an
average break-even price of USD 35-40 per barrel.
Along with several measures to increase efficiency and recovery, these
development projects will enable Aker BP's oil and gas production to grow from
around 400,000 barrels per day in 2022 to around 525,000 barrels in 2028.
Aker BP's operated development projects are expected to contribute to more than
150,000 full-time equivalents in Norway in supplier companies across the
country. In addition to ensuring activity and jobs, the projects contribute to
developing technological expertise in the Norwegian industry in the period
before renewable projects are expected to increase in scale.
With an average oil price of USD 65 per barrel, these development projects will
generate net tax payments to the Norwegian state totalling NOK 160 billion in
real terms, and thus make an important contribution to financing welfare schemes
and strengthen the state's ability to support the energy transition.
PS: On 16 December 2022, Aker BP and its partners submitted in total ten PDOs to
the MPE. In March this year, Aker BP notified the MPD that the company
discontinued the Troldhaugen project in the Edvard Grieg area. Link to article
21 March 2023 (https://akerbp.com/borsmelding/aker-bp-moving-ahead-with-nine-of
-ten-pdo-projects/).
Contacts:
Ole-Johan Faret, Press Spokesperson, tel.: +47 402 24 217
Kjetil Bakken, Head of Investor Relations, tel.: +47 918 89 889
About Aker BP:
Aker BP is a company engaged in exploration, field development and production of
oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company operates the field
centres Alvheim, Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen, Skarv, Ula and Valhall, and is a
partner in the Johan Sverdrup field. Aker BP is headquartered at Fornebu,
Norway, and is listed on Oslo Børs under the ticker AKRBP. More about Aker BP at
www.akerbp.com.