Azeri state oil company SOCAR and Norway’s Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) on May 30 signed a risk service contract for the development of the Karabakh offshore oil and natural gas field in the Caspian Sea.
The two companies also signed a product-sharing agreement for Ashrafi, Dan-Ulduzu and Aypara exploration area.
“The agreements signed today represent a natural next step in the region. This will strengthen our position in a prolific basin and develop growth options,” Eldar Saetre, Equinor’s CEO, said in a statement.
To operate the licenses, Equinor and SOCAR will form a 50-50 joint operating company. A final investment decision on field development will be taken following appraisal and engineering work.
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