Jannicke Hope, commercial manager for the project for Wintershall, said at a conference in Kristiansund, Norway, that the Rodriguez prospect in production licence 475 could bring additional resources to Maria.
Wintershall and partners Faroe Petroleum and Centrica are looking at several options for Maria, including a stand-alone development or tie-backs to the Heidrun, Kristin or Aasgard installations. The field lies in a water depth of 300 metres about 200 kilometres from shore.
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