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58 license owners now operating on the

NCS.

There are currently 13 ? elds with

PDO approval today, she says. These have a total of 22 license owners, 16 of

North Sea which are considered to have limited development experience on the NCS.

Of 21 discoveries in a mature (pre-PDO) planning phase, there are 26 license own- ers, of which 21 are considered to have limited development experience from the

NCS. “This puts demand not only on the newcomers, but also requires that license owners and contractors with experi- ence from the NCS to demonstrate a will to cooperate and transfer experience,”

Sølvberg says.

Tie-backs

Another trend is tying-in third party resources. This has helped to increase operational life and tail-end production on host ? elds. But, there are challenges, speci? cally around lack of commercial

The Gjøa platform, operated by GDF Suez E&P Norge. agreements. “This can be due to con? ict-

Photo from GDF Suez E&P, by Jan Inge Haga. ing interests regarding use of spare capac- ity to increase recovery from host ? eld resource management,” Sølvberg says. development experience on the NCS. versus hosting third party resources. It ?212.72?142.875??-??-???-??-2.pdf 1 2014-07-08 15:31:50

Another concern for the NPD is the The number of license owners on the can also be due competition for capacity number of license owners with little ? eld NCS doubled between 2002-2007, with by two or more third parties,” Sølvberg

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