Wisting Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Equinor
• Country: Norway
• Location: Barents Sea
• Production start: 2028
• Partners: Equinor Energy AS (35%), AkerBP (35%), Petoro AS (20%) and INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS (10%)
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Wisting oil field is in the Hoop area of the Barents Sea in PL 537 and 537B, approximately 310 kilometers from the mainland of Norway.

Contractors

• Aker Solutions - front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the floating production and storage vessel (FPSO)

History

• 2103 - Wisting oil field discovered by OMV
• 2021 - Lundin acquires a 25% stake from OMV
• 2021 - FEED contracts awarded
• 2022 - AkerBP acquires a stake with Lundin acquisition

Geology

• Middle to lower Jurassic reservoir rocks of the Upper Realgrunnen Subgroup

Links

1. Norwegian Petroleum, Wisting
2. OMV announces oil discovery in the Barents Sea
3. OMV sells its stake in the Norwegian oil field Wisting to Lundin Energy AB
4. Awarding major Wisting assignments to Norwegian industry
5. Aker BP acquires Lundin Energy’s oil and gas business