ConocoPhillips submits development plans for Greater Ekofisk Area gas fields

ConocoPhillips and its partners person submitted 2 plans for improvement and cognition (PDOs) to Norway’s Ministry of Energy for the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk and Tommeliten Gamma fields successful the Greater Ekofisk Area of the North Sea.

The proposals outline a combined redevelopment of these antecedently produced fields, with recoverable state and condensate resources estimated astatine 90–120 cardinal barrels of lipid equivalent.

The task involves installing 4 subsea templates and drilling 11 wells, which volition beryllium connected to the Ekofisk Complex done a shared multiphase pipeline.

Albuskjell volition diagnostic 2 subsea templates and six wells, portion Vest Ekofisk and Tommeliten Gamma volition each person 1 template with 3 and 2 associated wells, respectively.

Planned gross investments are astir Nkr14bn ($1.47bn) for Albuskjell and Vest Ekofisk, and Nkr5.5bn for Tommeliten Gamma.

First state from the task is expected successful the 4th fourth of 2028 (Q4 2028), taxable to regulatory approvals. Peak accumulation is anticipated astatine 36,000 barrels of lipid equivalent per time (gross).

Project execution is forecasted to make astir 5,900 jobs, with much than 80% of awarded contracts involving Norwegian companies.

The 3 fields autumn wrong licences PL018B and PL018F (Albuskjell and Vest Ekofisk), and PL044 and PL044D (Tommeliten Gamma).

These fields ceased operations successful 1998 pursuing infrastructure decommissioning and processing capableness constraints astatine Ekofisk. Capacity is projected to go disposable successful the precocious 2020s, which would let accumulation to restart from these locations.

ConocoPhillips Europe and North Africa president Steinar Våge said: “With our partners, we are making long-term, profitable investments successful the Greater Ekofisk Area to alteration caller assets improvement and accumulation astatine a debased outgo of supply. This task adds worth and boosts Europe’s vigor information with further gas.”

In November 2025, ConocoPhillips and its partners identified gas-bearing zones astatine the Essington-1 exploration good successful Australia’s Otway Basin wrong the VIC/P79 exploration licence offshore Victoria.

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