After studying more than 20 different scenarios for the field, the company last week completed the screening phase and passed the so-called DG1 stage for the North Sea find, Bernd Schrimpf, managing director for Wintershall in Norway, told Upstream.

Both a stand-alone development and a tie-back solution to the Gjoa field remain on the table, as well as a possible combination of new and existing infrastructure, Schrimpf said.