Statoil wins 12 new North Sea licenses

The Norwegian oil company Statoil secured all the fields it was looking to get in a recently closed licensing round for the British part of the North Sea.
Photo: Helge Hansen - Statoil
Photo: Helge Hansen - Statoil
BY SØREN SPRINGBORG, ENERGIWATCH

12 new licenses – nine as an operator – was what Statoil bagged yesterday when the British Department of Energy and Climate Change closed its latest licensing round on the UK continental shelf. It means that Statoil secured all of the licenses it had showed an interest in.

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