OMV has acquired 19% in PL050 FS, 13% from exiting Spirit Energy and 6% from operator Equinor, effective 29 November 2019. PL050 FS covers 2 sq km over block 34/10 and applies to the level 2m above the top of the Brent group and down to 2m below the bottom of the Statfjord Formation. The production licence was awarded on 11 April 2012 as an additional to Gullfaks Field licence PL050, and is valid until 11 September 2031. The remaining stratigraphies are licensed via PL050 B that also contains part of the Gullfaks Sor oil and gas field (adjacent to the W, N & NE), which produces from the Middle Jurassic Brent Group and from Lower Jurassic to Upper Triassic Statfjord Group, Cook and Lunde formations. Current PL050 FS partners are Equinor Energy AS (51% + Op), Petoro AS (30%) and OMV (Norge) AS (19%).
Norway, PL 050 FS