The group, which also includes Petoro, Lundin Petroleum, Det Norske Oljeselskap and Maersk Oil, last month decided to postpone a concept decision until “early 2014”. Upstream previously reported that a decision is planned for late January.

At the same time, the partners confirmed that first oil has been put off by at least a year, until late 2019, and lowered the top end of the volume estimate of the field to 2.9