Equinor submits environmental plan for Norway’s largest undeveloped oil discovery

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Equinor has submitted a proposed environmental impact assessment program for the Wisting field in the Barents Sea, advancing the largest oil discovery on the Norwegian continental shelf yet to be developed. The field holds estimated recoverable volumes of nearly 500 million barrels of oil equivalent. The partners, including Aker BP, Petoro, and INPEX Idemitsu, have selected a floating production, storage and offloading vessel as the preferred development concept and will evaluate carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions. Plans to electrify the project from shore were dropped due to high costs and technical complexity. Further progress toward a potential final investment decision by year-end 2027 depends on improving the project's commercial viability.

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Equinor advances Wisting field, the largest undeveloped oil discovery on NCS, with 500 million boe.

Aker BP ASA
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Aker BP is a partner in the Wisting field development.

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Petoro is a partner in the Wisting field development.

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