The project was plunged into uncertainty after a controversial tax hike last year that threatened its commerciality but RWE Dea managing director Hugo Sandal told Upstream the company is banking on securing an exemption for Zidane from the government this summer to move the project forward.
Norway’s Finance Ministry has proposed that Zidane, along with Shell’s nearby Linnorm field and a pair of North Sea pipeline projects, should remain subject to the original fiscal regime and Sandal said a final decision to this effect is expected in June.
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