With effect from 6 March 2019 Total has withdrawn from PL 211, transferring its 57% interest to sole partner DEA. DEA has therefore also assumed operatorship. The licence covers a 60 sq km area over the southeastern part of block 6507/4, between Aerfugl and Victoria and north of Dvalin.   PL 211 was reduced in area in January 2019 with the 6506/6 part being relinquished. This part of the licence covered the Victoria gas discovery. Victoria is an HPHT field with a complex reservoir in the Middle and Lower Jurassic and is one of the largest undeveloped discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with estimated recoverable reserves of 315 - 630 Bcfg (NPD, December 2017). It is understood that the challenges relating to the development of the field are too great and therefore Total made the decision to relinquish it. Victoria was discovered by Mobilâs 6506/6-1, drilled in 2000, and was appraised by Total in 2009. It is a four-way dip-closed domal structure with reservoirs in the Garn, Ile, Tilje and Are formations. Prior to drilling the appraisal, the NPD estimated that Victoria held recoverable reserves of approximately 3.1 Tcf of gas.  DEA operates the Dvalin field and is a partner in Aerfugl, both of which are expected to come onstream in Q4 2020.  Interest in PL 211 is now held 100% by DEA Norge AS.
Total has withdrawn from PL 211, transferring its 57% interest to sole partner DEA. DEA has therefore also assumed operatorship