Clarksons Platou: Oil at USD 40 will shut down North Sea fields

The smaller North Sea rigs, who only have a few years left anyway, look set to be shut down ahead of schedule if the oil price remains at around USD 40, says Clarksons Platou analyst in an interview with ShippingWatch.
Photo: Bard
Photo: Bard
BY CHRISTIAN BARTELS

Smaller production units in the North Sea and on the UK shelf, with break even levels of around USD 70 per barrel, and which are far along in their lifespan, could be the first ones taken out of service if the oil price remains at the current levels of less than USD 40 per barrel, explains Head of Offshore Research at Clarksons Platou, Erik Tønne, in an interview with ShippingWatch.

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