The deposit is located in the largest gas extraction zone in the North Sea – Yggdrasil. His existence has already been suspected, and in the 1970s, gas was already extracted in the vicinity, but thanks to today's technologies it was possible to confirm the occurrence of hydrocarbons suitable for extraction in this place.
Including smaller discoveries made since the beginning of this year, the total potential of the deposit is estimated at 700 million barrels of oil equivalent. It's more than three times more than the field in the vicinity of Świnoujście, of which the discovery was informed by Central European Petroleum a few weeks ago.
AKER BP provides for the start of mining in 2027.
“We are looking forward to the use of this rich area,” said AKER President Bishop Karl Johnny Hersvik.
Meanwhile, activists from the Extinction Rebellion organization after the end of the greatest Norwegian refinery of Mongstad, which was carried out from Monday, began the blockade of the most important street in the center of Oslo on Thursday. 300 ecologists from Germany, Italy, Sweden and Denmark joined the protesters at Karl Johans Gate. Their demand is Norway's withdrawal from gas extraction and oil.
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– The announcement by Aker BP of your discovery today shows that mining corporations are not guided by the opinion of public opinion, but only their interest and similar. They have the strength of money, we have the strength of people – said Milla Haugen from Extinction Rebellion.
In 2024, a record of 124 billion m six was obtained from the Norwegian shelf. natural gas. Last year, Norway earned over 680 billion of crowns (over PLN 240 billion) on the sale of extracted energy raw materials last year.
