Statoil is working operator for the planning phase of the field, but was expected to be challenged by Lundin – which drilled the all-important Sverdrup discovery well in 2010 – for the leading role for the development and operation stages.
“Statoil has done a good job as working operator, the relationships are good, and I see no reason that they don’t continue,” both for the first and any later development phases, Lundin chief executive Ashley Heppenstall told Upstream on the sidelines of the ONS Conference in Stavanger.
“There
